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REMBRANDT VAN RIJN] BURNET, JOHN. Rembrandt and His Works . London: James S. Virtue, 1859. The copy of Gardiner Greene Hubbard. Three-quarters green morocco, marbled sides and endpapers. 11 x 8 3/8 inches (28 x 21 cm); 91 pp., illustrated, this copy heavily extra-illustrated, including original engravings by Rembrandt, as well as later copies. Light wear, overall a sound copy. Most of the engravings exhibit toning, a few with some wear. With the bookplate of Gardiner G. Hubbard. Gardiner Hubbard was a lawyer and the father-in-law of Alexander Graham Bell who was married to his daughter Mabel. He financed Bell's experiments that led to the invention of the telephone and was involved financially with both Bell and Edison. He was an assiduous collector of prints, and his collection, given by his widow in 1898, was the foundation of the Library of Congress print collection. This copy contains a number of original engravings by Rembrandt. These are tipped to blank leaves bound-in for the purpose. These include Study for the Nude, Hind 221; Jan Lutma (state III), Hind 290; The Golf Player, Hind 272 (laid-down); Old Bearded Man in a High Fur Cap, Hind 130; The Beheading of John the Baptist Hind 171; Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple (state II), Hind 126; Beggar with a Wooden Leg (state III), Hind 12; Joseph and Potiphar's Wife Hind 118; Beggar Woman Leaning on a Stick, Hind 219; Man Standing in Oriental Costume Hind 93; Old Man Shading his Eyes (cut-down from Hind 169); Studies of the Head of Saskia Hind 145; Christ Disputing with the Doctors Hind 277; Three Heads of Women Hind 152. Provenance: From the Collection of Gardiner Greene Hubbard, with his bookplate C