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Large format hardcover, folio size volume bound in orange brown cloth lettered in gold on spine, in publisher’s non price, non clipped dust-jacket. 310 pages. Dutch edition, text in Dutch. Bibliographical References, Bibliography, Index. Profusely illustrate throughout with hundreds of color and black and white reproductions of the artists paintings. First edition thus. English title: Peter Paul Rubens: The Man and the Artist. A well researched and comprehensive study of the work of this Flemish artist, drawing heavily on biographical and social historical aspects of his life to arrive at a deeper explanation of his art. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, unmarked copy in a dust-jacket with no chips or tears. Fine in a near fine dust-jacket. A large, heavy book, Priority and International orders will be charged postage at actual cost.