Illustrated Catalogue of the Distinguished Collection of Works of Art and Vertu, From the Byzantine Period to That of Louis Seize, Collected By the Late Ralph Bernal, Esq.
Printed for J.H. Burn [by W. Clowes and Sons], 1855. First Edition. Leather Binding. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #L046051
[4], 357, [1], 66, [2] pages + plates. Sales catalogue of the collection of 4,294 individual items, which sold over a period of 32 days in March and April of 1855. Introduction ('Conditions of Sale') by J.R. Planche; includes list of purchasers, plus prices, at rear. Coverage of porcelains, metalwork, portraits and miniatures, arms and armor, glass, furniture and various other objects; notable for the accompanying engraved illustrations of several lots. Bound in half dark green morocco over dark gray/green cloth, gilt-stamped spine, plain endpapers, top edges untrimmed. Slight wear to extremities (chiefly to spine edges and corners); upper cover detached; slight rubbing and bumping to covers; previous owner's paper labels on spine and front attached endpaper; slight internal browning and/or foxing (chiefly to preliminaries; generally unaffecting images on plates). Bernal (died 1854), English politican and barrister; M.A. from Christ's College, Cambridge (1809); M.P. for Lincoln (1818-20), Rochester (1820-41, 1847-52) and Weymouth (1841-47); president of the British Archaeological Society (1853); his collection of art works and objects sold for in excess of 70,000 pounds in 1855.34 Engraved Illustrations / Plates (including Frontispiece portrait).
Price: $350.00