The Connoisseur. A Magazine for Collectors (Illustrated) by Anon

London: Otto, 1911- 1913. Eleven issues from these three years including eight issues for 1911 (March- May, July- November), one issue for 1912 (November), and two issues for 1913 (March and April). Large quarto (28 cm), pictorial wraps.  Each issue amounts to perhaps 200 pp. of quality coated paper, and the contents typically consisted of nine or ten articles by experts and a half dozen full-page plates, some in colour, with at least one suitable for framing.  The November 1911 issue, for example, carries articles on Winterhalter and the crinoline (He apprently had a large affection for drapery), 18th century variegated wares, tapestries of France, Viottiana, “Lesser Lares” from the collection of Mrs. Theodore Bent, Albrecht Durer woodcuts, etc.; plates include Queen Elizabeth (frontis), Water Lane by Constable, Silouette of Lady in Blue, the new MP on his way to the Commons (1835), Darnley of Lennox, Copenhagen vase and cover. The covers’ yapp edges are subject to flaking where they overlap the text block, and sometimes the fairly heavy coated paper of the text breaks free from the soft covers. Each issue, however, is complete despite some tatters and the contents, including many intext illustrations and adverts, are especially bright and clean.