Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Catalogue of the collection of jewels and precious works of art the property of J. Pierpont Morgan; compiled at his request by G.C. Williamson, LITT. D.

Accession number
PML 16805
Creator
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913.
Published
London : Privately Printed at the Chiswick Press, 1910.
Notes
"This edition, printed throughout on real vellum with hand-coloured facsimiles, consists of 20 copies, and is for private circulation only."
"The whole of the Plates in this book have been engraved by Hallett Hyatt, of 111 Oxford Street, London. All the photographs have been taken by him, and the whole of the hand-coloured facsimiles were painted under his surpevision. The book has been printed at the Chiswick Press. The Index has been prepared by Miss Lillian Mackie."
Frontispiece in two states; title in red and black. Each plate is accompanied by guard sheet with descriptive letterpress.
PML copy is copy no. 1.
Description
xxvii, 183, [1] pages : illustrations, XCIV plates (including frontispiece) 46 color plates (including front.) ; 38 x 32 cm
Binding
Green crushed morocco with central panel of sharkskin (shagreen), with brass ornaments, clasps and medallion set with amethyst. The lining is of crushed morocco, inlaid and gilt-tooled.
Classification
Department