[ Sale catalogue, with pencil annotations. ] Catalogue of an Exhibition of a Unique Collection of Autograph Letters of Famous Painters.

Published by Ernest Brown & Phillips The Leicester Galleries Leicester Square London. March Printed by Charles Whittingham and Co. The Chiswick Press London, 1912

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Medium-length unpaginated volume, 16mo. With ten fold-out plates (Perugino, Raphael, Giulio Clovio, Paolo Veronese, Rubens, Nicolas Poussin, Jean Marc Nattier, Thomas Gainsborough, Raeburn, Francois Millet). In printed wraps. On aged and worn paper, in heavily worn wraps. 118 items, well described, with prices. Annotated in pencil, with the first three items dismissed as forgeries, and Item 4 said to have been 'bought at Pearson's Sale | Cost 1000 M.' Full-page foreword begins: 'This unique and truly extraordinary collection commences with the autograph of Antonio del Pollajuolo (born in 1426), and closes with that of Millais (born in 1829, died in 1896), thus covering a period of four hundred and seventy years in the history of the world's art.' The foreword also states that the collection includes items from that of 'Herr Meyer-Cohn', and that the British Museum lacks the autographs of 21 of the artists in it. The only copy on OCLC WorldCat and COPAC at the National Art Library, London. …

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Title
[ Sale catalogue, with pencil annotations. ] Catalogue of an Exhibition of a Unique Collection of Autograph Letters of Famous Painters.
Author
The Leicester Galleries, Leicester Square, London; Charles Whittingham & Co., The Chiswick Press, London
Publisher
Ernest Brown & Phillips The Leicester Galleries Leicester Square London. March Printed by Charles Whittingham and Co. The Chiswick Press London
Publication year
1912
Binding
Soft cover

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Private premises. Autographs, manuscripts and archives on any subject. Particular interest in publishing and bookselling history. Occasional catalogues. Company number: 03785276

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