Deluxe folio, 1913

SMITH, Cecil H. The Collection of John Pierpont Morgan. Bronzes. Antique Greek, Roman, etc. including some Antique Objects in Gold and Silver. Paris: Librairie Central des Beaux-Arts, 1913.

Deluxe catalogue of Pierpont Morgan's ancient bronzes. These comprise about 100 examples, described in the introducation as: "mainly Greek and Roman, with a single Assyrian and a few Egyptian or Graeco-Roman examples; at the end, in a separate category, are the antique gold and silver, among which the splendid Treasure from Lapethos in Cyprus is the outstanding feature."

Folio (496 x 383mm). Half-title. Illustrated with 66 mounted heliogravure plates, many in colors, mounted illustrations in text (a little unobtrusive offsetting from text illustrations to facing pages). Original half morocco (surface scrape to lower cover).