BODE (Wilhelm). - Lot 92

BODE (Wilhelm). Collection of J. Pierpont Morgan. Bronzes of the Renaissance and subsequent periods. Paris: Librairie centrale des Beaux-arts, 1910. - 2 folio volumes, 498 x 386: (2 ff.), XLII, 30 pp. 73 plates; (2 ff.), 45 pp. 90 plates. Dark brown half-maroquin with corners, gilded fillets, ornate ribbed spine, gilded head, untrimmed (Petitot). A rare monumental deluxe edition of 150 copies, listing the antique bronzes in the collection of the great American collector John Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913). The work is introduced and the objects described by the German art historian Wilhelm von Bode (1845-1929), Director General of the Royal Museum in Berlin. A reference work, it was printed by the national printing house and written in English. It includes numerous photographic reproductions in the text, as well as 163 captioned plates in serpents. A very fine copy, bound by Petitot and fully mounted on tabs. Spine slightly faded, corners a little dulled. Perfect condition inside.