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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