The Complete Woodcuts of Albrecht Dürer

Dover Publications, 1963 4to (31 cm), 346 pp. Laminated wrappers (wrapper slightly rubbed at extremities, collector's stamp at the top of the half-title). "Albrecht Dürer was a master in various media, but it was in woodcut design that his creative genius reached its highest expression. Here are all of his extant woodcuts, a collection of over 300 great works containing all the familiar cuts long treasured by the world's art lovers. An introduction by Campbell Dodgson and a 34-page textual guide to the plates by Dr. Willi Kurth discuss the evidence and controversies surrounding the authenticity of each work, citing the opinions of all the important Dürer scholars; they also furnish the reader with the historical background of the cuts and of Dürer's life and times -- from the years of apprenticeship in Nuremberg to the last works of 1520-1528." (from the blurb)