pierpont morgan collector (1 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 2 folio volumes, 498 x 386mm: (2 ff.), XLII, 30 pp. 73 plates; (2 ff.), 45 pp. 90 plates. Dark brown half-morocco with corners, gilt fillets, ornate ribbed spine, gilt spine, Lucien Petitot binder : Lucien Edouard Petitot, relieur, exerça son activité de 1875 à 1927, au 1 rue des Beaux Arts à Paris 6ème. Au cours de cette longue carrière il devint relieur de la Bibliothèque Nationale. .Lavishly presented catalogue of "the most comprehensive and probably most important collection of bronzes to be found in private possession" (Preface). The collection was on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum in London until 1912, when it was shipped to New York for exhibition, but on Morgan's death in 1913 the collection was dispersed by his son.A rare copy of the monumental deluxe edition of 150 copies, listing the antique bronzes in the collection of the great American collector John Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913). The work is introduced and the objects described by the German art historian Wilhelm von Bode (1845-1929), Director General of the Royal Museum in Berlin.A major deluxe reference work, it was printed by the national printing house Imprimerle nationale de France ) and written in English. It includes numerous photographic reproductions in the text, as well as 163 captioned plates titles on facing Japanese vellum tissue guards.A very fine copy, bound by Petitot and fully mounted on hinges to facilitate turning pages.Spine slightly faded, corners a little dulled. Perfect condition inside. "Index of collections and former owners of Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan's bronzes": volume 2, page 45. "Ouvrage exécuté à l'Imprimerle nationale en vertu d'une autorisation de M. le garde des sceaux, ministre de la justice, en date du 1er février 1909. This edition consists of 150 copies and is for private circulation only"--Page facing title page of volume 1. Includes 162 plates numbered I-CLXII and one additional plate numbered LIIIA. Title and text in red and black. Illustrations mounted in text. Plates accompanied by guard sheets with descriptive letterpress.Very heavy, about 25 kilos.OCLC Numbers / Unique Identifiers:3392482; 1195738771; 962522615. Library of Congress Control Number 11029144.Expertise by Eric Busser. Paris.