Title
Une collection choisie de paysages, ou, Un échantillon de chaqu'un des meilleurs anciens maîtres / gravés par L. Zentner, d'après les desseins faits par lui-même, dans plusieurs cabinets, pendant son séjour en Allemagne, France, Hollande, &c. = A select collection of landscapes, from the best old masters, one of each engraved by L. Zentner, after drawings made by him from original pictures, during his residence in Germany, France, Holland, &c. To which are added portraits of the artists, and short biographical accounts of each.
Published
[London] : Now first published by J. Thane, Rupert-Street, Haymarket, London, 1791.
Local Notes
BAC: British Art Center has two copies. In copy 1, all engravings are printed on silk and mounted to leaves in the volume. Bound in citron goatskin, stamped in gold on both covers with the initials of William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale. Armorial bookplate: Hugh Cecil, Earl of Lonsdale. Copy 2 is in the publisher's original 8 parts, in paper wrappers, each part with publisher's engraved title label.
Variant and related titles
Collection choisie de paysages
Échantillon de chaqu'un des meilleurs anciens maîtres
Select collection of landscapes, from the best old masters
Landscapes from old masters