BESTERMAN, Theodore.  Old Art Books. London: Maggs Bros. Ltd., 1975. Folio. Plates, most folding, illustrations. Original grey cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 5 OF 300 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. “My collection of books illustrative of the arts is limited to those composed before 1700, because the aim has been to identify the printed sources of western art … For historical reasons rather than bibliophilic I have collected first editions … I have entirely transcribed titlepages [sic] unless they are of extravagant length; provided full but not exuberant collations; and have gone to considerable trouble to indicate where other copies are to be found … Prospective burglars should note that all these books contain my bookplate. Th. B.” (from the Preface).