By HIS LIFE AND HIS ART VALLERY C. O. GRÉARD de l'Académie Française. Price 1 16s. net Translated from the French by LADY MARY LOYD AND MISS FLORENCE SIMMONDS MEISSONIER'S personality lends itself with special kindness to the biographer. His long life, the universal recognition of the important place he filled in the artistic activity of his country, the definite, not to say dogmatic, nature of his belief and aims, and the peculiar fitness of his pictures for reproduction, are all conditions favourable to the writer of his life. Monsieur Gréard's task has been therefore a comparatively easy pretend to give an the master's career, story of his life in a gleaned chiefly from revelations in familiar biography occupies volume. The other from his note-books, notes from the paintto the devotion of a became his second often original and high degree, will be greatest interest, more those who have been intelligence of the first French master. will be in one volume, Dr. Ricci's Correggio, Michel's Rembrandt. Two Hundred Illusprinted in black and page Plates, partly in partly in colour, resonier's finest works. 1859 one. He does not exhaustive study of but he sets forth the series of sketches, Meissonier's own selftalk and letters. The about one-half of the consists of extracts as well as of a series of er's conversations, due friend who eventually wife. These pensées, suggestive in a very found to be of the especially perhaps to inclined to deny an order to the famous The work, which will be uniform with and Monsieur Émile It will contain some trations in the text, tint, and Forty Fulland photogravure producing all MeisThere will also be a special édition de luxe in two volumes, printed on Japanese vellum with a duplicate set of plates on India paper mounted for framing. This edition will be strictly limited to 150 copies for sale, numbered and signed by the publisher. The price of the ordinary edition will be thirty-six shillings net, that of the édition de luxe six guineas net to subscribers, the publisher reserving the right of raising the price of the édition de luxe on publication. To be completed in 14 Parts, at 2s. 6d. net each ANTONIO ALLEGRI DA CORREGGIO His Life, his Friends, and his Time By DR. CORRADO RICCI With about Forty Full-Page Illustrations and Two Hundred other Illustrations in the Text Hitherto Dr. Ricci's work has been accessible only to those to whom the immediate outlay of a couple of guineas is of little or no consequence. It is now proposed to bring this magnificent art work within the reach of the many modest collectors who are interested not only in the life of the great artist but also in his wonderful work, unsurpassed as it is both in the artistic presentation of the Scriptures and in the mythological fantasies, as well as in the gorgeous decoration of the great Cupolas which are the pride of his native town. THE TIMES: "By issuing this book Mr. Heinemann has done much to take away the reproach of English publishers, who have been justly charged with falling behind their foreign rivals in the matter of illustrated books upon art. This elaborate and beautifully illustrated volume is not a mere reproduction or new version of anything that has appeared elsewhere: it was written in the first instance to appear as it has now appeared, in Miss Simmond's excellent translation. We cannot hope to do more than to indicate the wealth of material contained in this large volume. Enough to say that it puts the study of Correggio once for all upon a sound footing." Suitable for Christmas Presents Antonio Allegri da Correggio His Life, his Friends, and his Time By CORRADO RICCI, Translated by FLORENCE SIMMONDS With 16 Photogravure Plates, 21 full-page Plates in Tint, and 190 Illustrations in the Text. In One Volume, imperial 8vo, £2 2s. net. *Also a Special Edition, printed on Japanese vellum, limited to 100 copies, with duplicate plates on India paper. Price £10 10s. net. Prospectus on application REMBRANDT HIS LIFE, HIS WORK, & HIS TIME By ÉMILE MICHEL, Member of the Institute of France Translated by FLORENCE SIMMONDS Edited and Prefaced by FREDERICK WEDMORE Second Edition, Enlarged, with 76 full-page Plates, and 250 Illustrations in the Text. In One Volume, Gilt Top, or in Two Volumes, imperial 8vo, £2 25. net. Prospectus on application A few copies of the Édition de Luxe of the First Edition, printed on Japanese vellum with India proof duplicates of the photogravures, are still on sale, price £12 125. net. ** REMBRANDT SEVENTEEN OF HIS MASTERPIECES From the Collection of his Pictures in the CASSEL GALLERY Reproduced in Photogravure by the Berlin Photographic Company With an Essay by FREDERICK WEDMORE In large Portfolio, 27 inches by 20 inches. The price *The first twenty-five impressions of each plate are numbered and signed, and of these only fourteen are for sale in England, at the net price of Twenty Guineas the set. of the impressions after the first twenty-five is Twelve Guineas net per set. Masterpieces of Greek Sculpture A Series of Essays on the History of Art By ADOLF FURTWÄNGLER * * Authorised Translation. Edited by EUGENIE SELLERS With 19 Full-page and 200 Text Illustrations. In One Volume, imperial 8vo, £3 3s. net. Also an ÉDITION DE LUXE on Japanese vellum, limited to 50 numbered copies. In Two Volumes, price £10 10s. net. Prospectus on application Their Story and Structure By SIR JAMES D. MACKENZIE, BART. WITH FORTY FULL-PAGE PLATES, OVER 150 ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE Dedicated by gracious permission to Her Majesty THE QUEEN * An Illustrated Prospectus on Application IT T is the object of this work to record all that is known at the end of the nineteenth century with regard to every ancient castle in the kingdom, and it is believed that such a record must be welcome to all in whom the contemplation of these great historic monuments awakens not only admiration for their picturesque beauty, but also romantic speculation as to the stirring events which have happened there, and to the life once led within their walls. There were in all about six hundred such castles of stone in England. Those that have vanished are frequently not the least interesting, and Fotheringay and Northampton conjure up memories as precious and heroic as if they were still standing. It has been the object of the author of this work to produce a Book of Reference in which will be found a trustworthy account of every fortress, defensible and castellated dwelling built from the Conquest to the reign of Henry VIII., including the forts or blockhouses built on the southern coast by that monarch. Views of many of the castles are included in the work, and as much information as can be learned is given of their past history and condition. Plans are added to illustrate the position and defences of many of them, whereby their history and their structure may be the better understood. The book will be divided into two volumes, the first containing twenty-seven Home, Southern and Midland Counties, the second containing thirteen Western and Northern Counties. HURSTMONCEUX Timbuctoo the Mysterious By FELIX DUBOIS In One Volume, demy 8vo, 10s. 6d. With about Two Hundred Illustrations Timbuctoo the Mysterious! What vistas of endless interest open out before us as we read the title of this book! For Timbuctoo has always been mysterious, and is less known to English readers than the City of the Sun. But to the ordinary reader the very name is but a geographical expression, signifying some city in the very farthest corner of the world, and of the inhabitants he knows nothing. This book, however, will enlighten him, for it traces the history of the city from the early ages of Egyptian civilisation up to the present day, and shows, with the aid of many beautiful illustrations, the rise and fall of the capital of Darkest Africa. A Journey up the By AUREL SCHULZ, M.D. AND AUGUSTUS HAMMAR, C.E. In One Volume, demy 8vo R. AUREL SCHULZ'S book, "The New Africa, a Journey up the Chobé and a portion The interesting description of the Chobé and Okovango rivers, with a navigable water connection between them, is a feature of much importance to the future development of the country, while the adventures with unruly natives and sporting episodes vary the story of his doings in a pleasant manner. Dr. Schulz appears to be in possession of that rare quality patience, added to a determination to achieve his object. |