"Catalogue of the Collection of Portrait
Miniatures,
The Property of J. Pierpont Morgan" London,
1906.
This
momentous 4 volume edition, limited to 150 sets, is now exceedingly
rare.
4 Volumes, 267 leaves of plates, leather spines, privately printed,
no. 55 of 150 on handmade paper by The Chiswick Press, London,
1906, plates photographed and engraved by Hallett
Hyatt, 111 Oxford Street, London.
15 1/4 inches high x 12 1/4 inches wide.
Provenance:
Sir Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby, the covers
stamped in gold with the Earl's coronetand motto, each volume bearing
his bookplate.
Sir Edward George Villiers Stanley (1865-1948), served as Lord
of the Treasury, Boer War Secretary and Secretary of State for
War, 1916-1918.
This
momentous 4 volume edition, limited to 150 sets, is now exceedingly
rare.
with the Earl's coronetand motto, each volume bearing
his bookplate.
Villiers Stanley (1865-1948), served as Lord
of the Treasury, Boer War Secretary and Secretary of State for
War, 1916-1918.