Rembrandt Harmensz. Van Rijn, Les Cuivres Originaux de Rembrandt, Réimpression des Planches Originales. The complete set of 80 etchings, 78 by Rembrandt, one etching by Ferdinand Bol (no. 272), one etched copy after Rembrandt (no. 200) on laid paper. With a descriptive text by Gersaient, Helle and Glomm. Published by Alvin Beaumont and Michel Bernard, Paris, 1906, printed by Imprimerie Chaponet. With the original title page and introductory text. In o. folder. According to Usticke, this 1906 edition is the last "recueil" printing of Rembrandt's original copper plates. The history of copper plates began in the 17th century with the artist's friend Clement de Jonghe. In the period from 1679 to 1767, Rembrandt's copper plates were acquired by Pieter de Haan, until Claude Henri Watelet acquired them at the end of the 18th century. Watelet was the first publisher to make prints from these plates. These prints enjoyed great popularity and were sought-after collectors' items. At the beginning of the 19th century, Henri Louis Basan acquired the copper plates and began printing so-called "recueils". The so-called "Basan-Receuil" was first published in 1789 and represented a milestone not only in the history of Rembrandt research, but also in the development of academic art studies. For the first time, a volume was available to the collecting public that offered an overview of Rembrandt's work according to his own printing plates. In many ways, it was the first illustrated catalog raisonné of an artist's work. It was such a success that the "Receuil" continued to be published until 1846, first by Basan's sons Antoine-Simon-Ferdinand (1763/64-98) and Henry-Louis (d. before 1819), then by the Paris publisher Auguste Jean (d. 1820), and finally, after his death, by his widow "Veuve Jean." From 1846 to 1906 Rembrandt's engraved plates were in the collection of Auguste Bernard and his son Michael Bernard. In 1906, Michael Bernard sold Rembrandt's copper plates en bloc to Alvin Beaumont, who then published a series of Rembrandt etchings. These prints are commonly referred to as "Beaumont prints." Alvin Beaumont owned Rembrandt's engraved plates until 1938, when he sold all 78 plates to his friend Robert Lee Humber, an American collector then living in Paris. They were on loan to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam for seven years in the 1920s. During this time, Beaumont offered them for sale to the Rijksmuseum and the British Museum of Art, but was unable to reach an agreement with either of these museums. After Robert Lee Humber returned to his native North Carolina, some of the copperplate prints were on loan to the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh from the 1960s until 1993. After Humber's death, his heirs commissioned Artemis International in London and R. M. Light to sell the 78 copper plates in 1993. Buyers included private collectors, dealers, and museums, including six Dutch museums and the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. Complete 19th-century or early 20th-century editions are exceedingly rare to find, and numerous editions have been broken up and the etchings sold separately on the market. Only three editions of the "last recueil" can be found in libraries, the RKD, the British Library, and the Bibliothèque Diderot in Lyon, France. Present: Self-portrait in cap and scarf with dark face: bust. B. 17, - Self-portrait in a velvet cap with feather. B. 20, - Self-portrait drawing at the window. B. 22 - Self-portrait with flat cap and embroidered dress. B. 26 - Rembrandt with his wife Saskia. B. 19 - Abraham caressing Isaac. B. 33 - Abraham with his son Isaac. B. 34 - Joseph, telling his dreams. B. 37 - Joseph and Potiphar's wife. B. 39 - David praying. B. 41 - The angel, disappearing before the family of Tobias. B. 43 - The Annunciation to the Shepherds. B. 44 - The Adoration of the Shepherds, with the Lamp. B. 45 - The Adoration of the Shepherds, by Lantern Light. B. 46 - The Circumcision: In broad format. B. 47 - The Presentation in the Temple: In Wide Format. B. 49 - The Flight into Egypt: Night Play. B. 53 - The Flight into Egypt: Crossing a Bridge. B. 55 - The Rest on the Flight: A Night Piece. B. 57 - The Holy Family with the Cat. B. 63 - Jesus as a 12 year old boy among the scribes. B. 64 - The Interest Pence. B. 68 Christ driving the merchants out of the temple. B. 69 - Christ and the Samaritan Woman at the Well. B. 70 - Christ and the Samaritan Woman among Ruins. B. 71 - The small raising of Lazarus. B. 72 - The Great Raising of Lazarus. B. 73 - Christ on the Cross. B. 80 - The Great Deposition from the Cross (2nd Plate). B. 81 - The Descent from the Cross by Torchlight. B. 83 - Christ at Emmaus (large plate). B. 87 - The Return of the Rel