Böcklin: The Isle of the Dead

Richmond Hill, Ont., Canada: NDE Publishing. Near Fine. 2000 (c.1998). 1st English Language edition. Hardcover. (laminated pictorial boards; no dust jacket) [minor abrasions and surface-scratches to rear cover, otherwise nice and clean]. (color art reproductions) A nicely-produced survey of the work of the 19th-century Swiss artist Arnold Böcklin (1827-1901), "the greatest exponent of symbolic mysticism in painting." Includes: a brief chronology of his life; a directory of museum holdings of some of his works; a survey of his artistic evolution, illustrated with thumbnail reproductions of his major paintings; bibliography. Originally published in Italy in 1998; the text, translated for this edition by Diana Sears, is stated to be "based on the interviews between Federico Zeri [who died in 1998] and Marco Dolcetta." .