Kusenberg, Kurt — Le Rosso

Paris, Albin Michel, 1931. Softcover. original white wraps w/ red & black printing. 224 pp. plus 80 BW plates. Text in French. #525 of 1650 copies printed on alfa paper. A biographical and artistic consideration of the work of Italian painter Giovanni Battista di Jacopo (1494-1540), known as Rosso or Rosso Fiorentino because he had red hair and hailed from Florence. The first half of this book contains the narrative, and the second half consists of BW illus. of his work. Good+. covers have light scuffs & foxing; back cover creased at spine. spine creased & chipped. heavy foxing to opening & closing pgs; foxing recedes, becomes lighter throughout. pgs tanned. spine split; text-block firm.