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John Pierpont Morgan-G.C. Williamson | Catalogue of the jewels and precious works of art. London, 1910, half morocco

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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.