Author: Bergerat, Emile
Title: Catalogue Des Tableaux Modernes Composant la Collection de Feu M. Ed. -L. Jacobson
Description: Paris, Hotel Drouot, 1876. Hardbound. 3/4 Brown moroccan leather with green linen boards, elaborate gilt design, five raised bands on spine, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers with one etched bookplate inside front cover and another gallery bookplate on front marbled free endpaper. Includes 19 original etchings. Binding is signed Stikeman & Co. book was formerly in the library of George J. Gould. Ten page introductory essay by Emile Bergerat. Includes etchings of works by Benouville (2), Bonheur, Brascassat, Cabanal (3), Couture, Decamps, Gallait (2), Gerome, Jacquand, Jalabert, Meissoneir, Robert Fleury, Saint Jean, Scheffer, Vernet. Lists a total of 91 lots, all priced in ink. A stunning volume, and a stunning collection! Catalogue from the sale of April 28 and 29, 1876. VG, Small faint white letters on lower spine, otherwise a stunningly bound book with clean, crisp illustrations. Bookplate of George J. Gould, Georgian Court inside front cover, as well as that of Newhouse Galleries .

Keywords: European Art ; Jacobson Collection ; ; Collections - European Art


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