Besterman (Theodore), 1904-1976

(23.5 cm), 29 (3) pp., interleaved. Wrapped in a blank sheet of the interleaf paper. - This pamphlet reveals the huge ambition of Besterman’s programme of “Facsimile reprints related to the origins of Western Art and the cultural awakening in Europe before 1700”. It is also an interim catalogue of his personal collection (”Books marked with an asterisk are in my collection. June 1972”), appearing three years before his Old Art Books (London: Maggs Bros., 1975). “50 copies printed for Theodore Besterman | Thorpe Mandeville House | Banbury, Oxon” (colophon). ¶ Good, unmarked copy.