Kondakov | Histoire et monuments des émaux Byzantins, Frankfurt, 1892, Baron Wrangel’s copy

Nikodim Pavlovich Kondakov

Histoire et monuments des émaux Byzantins. Frankfurt: [A. Osterrieth], 1892

LIMITED TO 200 COPIES, copy no.128 for Baron Vrangel, 4to (357 x 262mm.), dedication leaf printed in gold and colours on an embossed silver ground, portrait of Zvenigorodsky, chromo-lithographed title-page, 31 plates and 4 subtitles, black and white illustrations, original cream morocco blocked, decorated and lettered in gold and black, decorative gilt endpapers, edges coloured, gilt and gauffered, with embroidered bookmark and embroidered chemise, in original padded silk-lined box, slight foxing to portrait and title-page, a few small tears to reverse of chemise, box rubbed and frayed, upper hinge worn

A splendid copy of this elegant publication about Zvenigorodsky's collection of Byzantine enamels, complete with the chemise, bookmark and original box. The collection was purchased in 1910 by J.P. Morgan and subsequently presented to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

REFERENCES: Fekula 6705 ("magnificent")

PROVENANCE: Baron Aleksandr Egorovich Wrangel (1833-1915, diplomat, friend of Dostoevsky, and the uncle of General Wrangel), presentation inscription (at the time of printing, he was consul general in Danzig)