Lot no. 2817
G. C. Williamson: "Catalogue of the Collection. of Miniatures. The Property of J. Pierpont Morgan". Original title
4 vols; privately printed by Chiswick Press, London, 1906-1908. no. 31 of 40 copies. Printed on Japanese vellum. Numerous plates, probably executed in mezzotint technique and numbered, among others by Hallett Hyatt with partly hand-coloured and gold-highlighted facsimiles of British miniature portraits of Samuel Collins, Priscilla Wright, P Jean. Samuel Shelley, Ozias Humphry, Richard Cosway, Nathaniel Plimer, W. Grimaldi, Thomas Lawrence etc.; endpapers with green silk moiré. Dark green, partly brown faded leather binding with gilt-stamped corner and spine decorations. Gilt edges. Signs of age-related wear, binding of the cover cracked on the inside. Partially discoloured inside and inscribed in pencil; not collated. 38 cm x 28.5 cm.
Cf. Royal Collection Trust, inv. no. RCIN 1049889.
Four volumes of the rare catalogue of the miniature collection owned by J. Pierpont Morgan. Special edition with partly hand-coloured facsimiles probably in mezzotint technique among others by Hallett Hyatt. Limited and numbered. Signs of use. Not collated.
See original version (German) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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