Antiques du cabinet du comte de Pourtalès-Gorgier. First edition
Paris: Firmin Didot, 1834. Folio Modern quarter blue morocco, gilt lettered on spine (435 x 288mm.). Half-title, engraved vignette on title, 122pp; 41 lithographed or engraved plates (29 hand-colored), tissue guards. OCLC Number 916376; Blackmer 1242.
The only edition of a scarce and attractively illustrated volume devoted to the Pourtalès-Gorgier collection of important Greek vases, sculptures and bas-reliefs. The text consists of essays on the objects, including one by Ennio Visconti.
Provenance: Richard Hugh Sennett, bookplate. Item #16-3578
Price: $2,500.00
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