Fifty Drawings by Canaletto from the Royal Library Windsor Castle
Number 224 of a total edition of 520. With 50 plates reproducing master works by Canaletto, loose as issued in paper portfolio. Accompanied by a folio-sized volume, introduction and catalogue by Charlotte Miller, formerly Deputy Curator of the Print Room, Royal Library, Windsor Castle. Text volume is gilt-lettered brown cloth, all housed together in 1/2 morocco clamshell box. "Photography and color separations were undertaken on premises made available to the Publisher in the grounds of Windsor Castle by gracious permission of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II."
London: Johnson Reprint Corporation / Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1983. Light shelfwear with a spot on the edge of the clamshell box that is somewhat chewed and exposed. Internally clean and fine, minimal rubbing to text volume. A beautiful production.