The Collection of a Connoisseur 掌上的百年風華: 鐘錶及裝飾藝術收藏
The Collection of a Connoisseur 掌上的百年風華: 鐘錶及裝飾藝術收藏
Auction Closed
July 14, 12:35 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
Lot Details
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[MORGAN, JOHN PIERPONT]
CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF JEWELS AND PRECIOUS WORKS OF ART, THE PROPERTY OF J. PIERPONT MORGAN, COMPILED AT HIS REQUEST BY G.C. WILLIAMSON. LONDON: CHISWICK PRESS, 1910
4to (375 x 280mm.), copy no.51 of a limited edition of 150 copies, errata slip at p.1, 94 plates with printed tissue guards, half crushed dark green morocco, spine gilt in compartments, top edge gilt, others uncut, slipcase
Another of Williamson's lavish catalogues of Pierpont Morgan's collections; a fair proportion of Morgan's jewels are now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and some are in the Wadsworth Atheneum in his home town of Hartford.