Johannes Vermeer. by Wheelock, Arthur K., Jr.; Blankert, Albert; Broos, Ben; Wadum, Jorgen. Translation from Dutch to English by Jack Horn - 1995.

Washington DC: Natl Gallery of Art, 1995. First Edition Thus Glossy Pictorial Wraps AS NEW in WRAPS Small Folio (9-1/2 x 12-1/4), 229 pp including Index and Bibliography. Trade Paper is FINE -- Unread, Unmarked, and AS NEW is glossy pictorial French Flap Wraps. There is a tiny (1/16" x 1/4") diagonal crease on the upper right corner of the front flap, as received from publisher, otherwise impeccable. (h) This is the documentation of the historic exhibition organized and presented by the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC and the Royal Cabinet of Paintings Mauritshuis, The Hague in The Netherlands. The exhibition allowed Americans to see the original paintings, the interplay of sunlight and dark never before able to be properly appreciated in reproductions.This is the first volume ever printed in which the reproductions do justice to the original paintings, printed in the Netherlands by Wanders with access to the originals and compensate for the disparity in effects on light between the reflective properties of paint and size of the originals and the reflective properties of ink in the reproductions. Beautiful and brilliant job of bookmaking with matte-finish coated stock and sewn signatures.