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Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Wrappers. Original edition. 8vo, 94 pp., 4 photographic plates. Catalogue of 1301 objects collected by Danish artist William Hammer (1821-1889). Catalogued by type of object, such as pottery vessels, lamps, and architectural fragments, and by origin(Greek, Roman, Egyptian, and others). Very good, very fresh copy, one very small chip at lower tip of front wrapper, and one small, inconspicuous chip at the base of the spine on the right-hand side. Hammer wrote a treatise on ancient oil lamps published in Copenhagen in 1887. The collection remained intact on his death. It also included coins, which were not part of this catalogue.

Hardcover. Zustand: VG+. 1st Edition. The small hardcover, no dust jacket as issued. Extremely rare edition published by J. E. Caldwell & Co. - Jewelers and Silversmiths. Thin tan boards, stamped and gilt on front. No handwriting, signatures or bookplates noted. No torn or loose pages. End pages show foxing and exterior boards show some soiling. Unpaginated (approximately 31 pages) with no author listed on title page but references attribute this title to Dalton Dorr. Copyright page states " Designed and made by Dakin & Petry, Philadelphia.". First edition thus. Book condition graded as VG plus. See photos.