Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1907. 1st edition. Softcover. Later crude red thick card wraps applied to text, lacking original outer card wraps. lxxxii, 195 pp. 77 bw plates. LACKS FRONTIS illustration. VG- as a book without the utilitarian red thick card wraps. Could easily be made much better, first few pgs have folded corners (dog-eared). Sold as a reading copy only. LACKS FRONTIS illustration. Item #177689
Annotated catalogue of 1115 porcelain items. Includes a 13-page preface and a 58-page historical introduction. This edition is a revised and lightly expanded version of the privately-issued edition of 1904. "The purpose of the present catalogue is to afford to those interested in the subject of Chinese porcelain an opportunity to study the objects exhibited in the Morgan Collection in the light of the latest knowledge that is to be had on the subject. The collection is the most comprehensive that is known, and it has been described as succinctly and lucidly as appeared possible, and without any technicalities that could be avoided." (preface).
OCLC: 1392945
Price: $125.00