Rothschild

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  • MAGNIFICENT FULL MOROCCO FROM ALFRED DE ROTHSCHILD'S LIBRARY
    Musée du Louvre. Le Mobilier Français du XVIIe et du XVIIIe Siècle. (French Furniture from the 17th and 18th Centuries). by MOLINIER, Émile
    MOLINIER, Émile
    Musée du Louvre. Le Mobilier Français du XVIIe et du XVIIIe Siècle. (French Furniture from the 17th and 18th Centuries).

    Paris: Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts. Émile Lévy, 1901. Full morocco, 16 inches tall. A magnificent binding, unsigned but by the great firm of J. Leighton of Brewer Street. With gilt raised bands, twin labels and fabulous gilt tooling to the panels and boards. Gilt top edge and dentelles. With the bookplate of Alfred de Rothschild. Some slight foxing to the preliminaries but in fine condition. Illustrated with photographs in the text and then with 100 superb plates, many sepia and with 7 in colour. A sumptuous record of the Golden Age of French furniture when some of the finest and most refined pieces were ever created, in a fabulous binding from the library of a great connoisseur.

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  • MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION IN FULL MOROCCO FROM ROTHSCHILD LIBRARY
    La Collection Wallace. Meubles et Objets d'Art Français des XVIIe et XVIIIe Siècles. (French Furniture and Objects of Art from the 17th and 18th Centuries). by MOLINIER, Émile
    MOLINIER, Émile
    La Collection Wallace. Meubles et Objets d'Art Français des XVIIe et XVIIIe Siècles. (French Furniture and Objects of Art from the 17th and 18th Centuries).

    Paris: E. Lévy & London: Charles Davis, c.1890. Full morocco, 16 inches tall. A magnificent blue morocco binding by the great firm of J. Leighton of Brewer Street but without their stamp, with gilt raised bands, twin labels and glorious gilt tooling to the panels and boards. Gilt dentelles and top edge. Slight rubbing and light foxing, otherwise fine. From the library of Alfred de Rothschild, but without his bookplate. Illustrated with 100 fine plates, 5 in colour. The Wallace Collection in Hertford House situated in Manchester Square, London, the former townhouse of the Marquesses of Hertford. It is named after Sir Richard Wallace, who built the extensive collection, along with the Marquesses of Hertford, in the 18th and…

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    Paris: E. Lévy & London: Charles Davis, c.1890. Full morocco, 16 inches tall. A magnificent blue morocco binding by the great firm of J. Leighton of Brewer Street but without their stamp, with gilt raised bands, twin labels and glorious gilt tooling to the panels and boards. Gilt dentelles and top edge. Slight rubbing and light foxing, otherwise fine. From the library of Alfred de Rothschild, but without his bookplate. Illustrated with 100 fine plates, 5 in colour. The Wallace Collection in Hertford House situated in Manchester Square, London, the former townhouse of the Marquesses of Hertford. It is named after Sir Richard Wallace, who built the extensive collection, along with the Marquesses of Hertford, in the 18th and 19th centuries. A sumptuous record of the Golden Age of French furniture when some of the finest and most refined pieces were ever created, in a fabulous binding from the library of a great connoisseur.

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  • DELUXE TALL LIMITED EDITION WITH HAND COLOURED PLATES IN FULL MOROCCO
    The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi. by SYMONDS, John Addington. (Translated into English).
    SYMONDS, John Addington. (Translated into English).
    The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi.

    London: John C. Nimmo, 1890. 2 volume set, 10 1/2 inches tall. A very fine full morocco binding by the great firm of J. Leighton of Brewer Street. With gilt raised bands, superb gilt tooling to the panels and boards, gilt dentelles and all edges. With the bookplate of Alfred de Rothschild. Some superficial marking to the binding, but a super set. From a limited edition of 210 copies with the etchings in 2 states and the 'Masks', illustrating the Italian Commedia dell' Arte, hand coloured. A wonderful set of the Memoirs of this great Venetian 18th century playwright in English.

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  • EXCEPTIONALLY FINE AND BRIGHT FULL CALF FROM THE LIBRARY OF ALFRED DE ROTHSCHILD
    Memoirs of the Life of The Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan. by MOORE, Thomas
    MOORE, Thomas
    Memoirs of the Life of The Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.

    London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825. 2 volume set, 8 3/4 inches tall. An exceptionally fine and bright full calf binding with gilt raised bands, twin labels, the volume label being particularly attractive and splendid ornate gilt tooling to the panels. Twin gilt fillets frame the boards. Portrait. From the library of Alfred de Rothschild but without his bookplate. Foxing to the preliminaries, then perfectly clean. The great Dublin born playwright Sheridan wrote many works, still performed around the world today, including 'The Rivals', 'The Critic' and 'The School for Scandal'. In his private life he was as famous for his brilliant wit as for his appalling behaviour, particularly towards the women in his life and…

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    London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825. 2 volume set, 8 3/4 inches tall. An exceptionally fine and bright full calf binding with gilt raised bands, twin labels, the volume label being particularly attractive and splendid ornate gilt tooling to the panels. Twin gilt fillets frame the boards. Portrait. From the library of Alfred de Rothschild but without his bookplate. Foxing to the preliminaries, then perfectly clean. The great Dublin born playwright Sheridan wrote many works, still performed around the world today, including 'The Rivals', 'The Critic' and 'The School for Scandal'. In his private life he was as famous for his brilliant wit as for his appalling behaviour, particularly towards the women in his life and his creditors, to whom he pointedly never paid his debts, as he believed paying his creditors "only encourages them." A superb copy of this entertaining biography.

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  • BEAUTIFUL COPY IN FINE FULL CALF EXTRA GILT
    Legends of the Madonna, as Represented in the Fine Arts. by Jameson, Mrs.
    Jameson, Mrs.
    Legends of the Madonna, as Represented in the Fine Arts.

    London: Longmans, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1852. Full calf, 8 1/4 inches tall. A superb binding with gilt raised bands, twin labels and extra gilt panels. All edges gilt and dentelles on large squares. With the bookplate of Alfred de Rothschild. Embellished with 152 woodcuts and 29 line engravings, as called for. Slight blotchiness on the labels and boards, overall a wonderful volume of one of Dublin born, Anna Brownell Jameson's, great art histories.

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