THE POCKET BOOK OF OLD MASTERS Edited by Herman J. Wechsler Text by W. Somerset Maugham, Walter Pater, Thomas Craven, Hendrik W. Van Loon, Virgil Barker, Elie Faure, Count De Gobineau, Philip Hale, Hippolyte Taine, and Giorgio Vasari. New York: Pocket Books, (1949). First edition, first printing; paperback original. Contains publisher's statement "First printing" to the copyright page, and code "578" to the front cover. Illustrated with sixty-four artists' paintings on striking high-contrast quality gravure plates. Artists included are Da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, Titian, Bruegel, Rubens, Rembrandt, El Greco, Velasquez, and Vermeer. The ten authors present a critique and explanation of the artist's work, and a short portrait of the artist's life. Minuscule surface nick to the front cover, and to the upper spine edge, else very nearly fine, very tight and probably unread in color illustrated stiff-card wraps, color illustrated inside covers; original printed number code 578 still intact to the front cover and to the spine. A beautifully preserved mass market paperback. FREE SHIPPING TO THE USA PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION VINTAGE PAPERBACK BOOKS THANKS!