Paris: Pierre Beres, (1957). small 4to. original stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated but 160 items offered for sale. Limited to 600 copies. A fine copy. Sale of a collection of books formed during the 16th and 17th centuries that all feature paintings on their fore-edges. The catalogue contains many illustrations of these paintings including a number in color that have been tipped-in. A unique collection.
New York, NY: for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1913. small 4to. leather, five raised bands on spine, top edge gilt-stamped. xiv, 119+(1) pages. Includes correspondence relating to the donation, and a catalogue of the donated paintings. Black and white frontispiece and plates in text. Unsigned leather binding, with gilt stamping on both covers and spine. Satin free endpaper and satin doublure with turned-in gilt-tooled leather. Second set of endpapers marbled. Five raised bands on.....
