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Item 142<br />
142. (Libri, Guglielmo) MONUMENTS INÉDITS OU PEU CONNUS, FAISANT<br />
PARTIE DU CABINET DE GUILLAUME LIBRI, ET QUI SE RAPPORTENT À<br />
L’HISTOIRE DE L’ORNEMENTATION CHEZ DIFFÉRENTS PEUPLES.<br />
Londres: n.p., 1864, large folio, Sheets loosely inserted in modern cloth folder with<br />
original paper wrapper mounted on front. (iv), 14 pages, followed by 65 plates.<br />
$ 2,750.00<br />
Second edition, enlarged with extra plates and including the supplement to the first edition. The<br />
supplement is now fully incorporated into the book. Its introduction forms a type of foreword<br />
and its plates (marked A-E) precede the LX plates of the first edition. Also includes a half-title not<br />
found in the first edition. (Ruju pp.297–299; Pollard p.307; Hermann, Sotheby’s pp.41–43). Designed<br />
as both advertisement and introduction to the last of the London sales conducted by Sotheby’s,<br />
this splendid Catalogue has a brief introductory text in both French and English followed by deluxe<br />
chromolithographed illustrations. Time has not diminished the allure of the chromolithographed<br />
depictions of the fine bindings and decorative art used to enhance these early manuscripts. It is<br />
presumed that much of the material in this catalogue was stolen, as Libri, it is now known, was a<br />
notorious book thief who removed items from many continental libraries. De Ricci describes how<br />
Lord Asburnham was a great client of Libri’s and the difficulties his family had in dispersing his library<br />
due to claims of ownership from various public libraries chiefly in France (English Collectors pp131–<br />
136). Sheets loosely inserted in modern cloth binder with original paper wrapper mounted on front.<br />
Paper repairs along edges. [102505]<br />
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