REPRINT of the 1878. Oversized octavo. Book lx, 341 p. 12 plates. London, J. Murray. The rarest and certainly one of the most important early catalogue raisonnes of Rembrandt's etchings. Middleton describes 329 works he considers authentic and 30, which he rejects, all in great detail, with particular attention to states. He also provides detailed, complex, and scholarly arguments justifying his acceptance or rejection of each questionable piece. He was the first to do so and thus open a new era in the study of these prints. Also includes 12 plates with illustrations of details distinguishing states and copies.
