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København [Copenhagen]: Forening for boghaandvaerk, 1944. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Fine. First and only printing of this bibliography and brief essay on wood engraver F. Hendriksen. Slim demy 8vo (211 x 139mm): 36,[2]pp, including four full-page plates. Publisher's light brown and sage green floral patterned paper-covered boards, beige paper label printed in black to upper cover. An excellent, virtually pristine example. Besterman 2839. The bibliography lists 109 numbered entries for works Hendriksen wrote or to which he contributed, plus seven unnumbered entries for works in which he was associated. "Never, I think, has there been a wood engraver who, apparently, so reverently and faithfully followed the lines, whether pencil, pen, or brush, more truly than Hendriksen. His power of rendering the look of a medium is astounding." (Pennell, Pen Drawing and Pen Draughtsmen, pp. 207-210). N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully…
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Xylograf F. Hendriksen. Bibliografi. Med en Inledning om F. Hendriksen som Skribent [The Wood Engraver F. Hendriksen . . . with an Introduction on F. Hendriksen as a Writer]
by [HENDRIKSEN, Frederik, 1847-1939]; Georg Krogh-Jensen & Johs Lehm Laursen
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