Books and Manuscripts: 19th and 20th Century
Books and Manuscripts: 19th and 20th Century
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December 14, 03:45 PM GMT
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1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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John Pierpont Morgan--G.C. Williamson
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
LIMITED EDITION, 4to (375 x 280mm.), ONE OF 150 COPIES, this being copy number 51, errata slip at page 1, 94 plates with printed tissue guards, half crushed dark green morocco, spine gilt in compartments, top edge gilt, others uncut, slipcase
One 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.