Spitzer Collection (9 results)

Bryn Mawr, PA: The Bryn Mawr College Library, 1976. 48 pages. 216 entries. Illustrated. 10.5x7.5", printed stiff paper. VG.

Nachdruck der Ausgabe Paris 1892, insgeamt ca. 300 S., reich illustriert, etliche Bildtafeln, Okunstled., 4*. Gut erhaltener Kunstledereinband. 32 Sprache: Französisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1000.

Nachdruck der Ausgabe Paris 1892, insgeamt ca. 300 S., reich illustriert, etliche Bildtafeln, Okunstled., 4*. Gut erhaltener Kunstledereinband. 32 Sprache: Französisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1000.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Très bon. Edition originale. Paris,1895. 2 premiers tomes de Texte reliés en 1 seul volume. Reliure plein vélin. Format in-folio ( 39,6 x 30,6 cm )( 4,960 kgs ). ------ XXVIII-252 & 271 pages. ********* Catalogue de la vente du 17 avril au 16 Juin 1893 par Me Paul Chevallier à Paris.************** ref 528a.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1926 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 12 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 12 Volume 1926.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1926 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 10 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 10 Volume 1926.

Paris, Galerie Petit, 1895. 2 vols. 99 pp. & 28 plts. Softcover portfolio in modern hardcover slipcase. Fine condition. * Text pages still uncut. Orig. edition.

[video width="1920" height="1020" mp4="https://www.camillesourget.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/SPITZER.mp4"][/video] First edition of this monumental and superb catalogue of the Spitzer collection. Copy n° 3, one of the 25 precious deluxe copies printed on Japan paper from an edition of 625. Magnificently illustrated with 342 out-of-text plates printed in chromolithography, heliotype, collotype, etc., some enhanced with gold. Numerous in-text illustrations enhance the descriptions of the various art objects. Frederic Spitzer (1815-1890) was a Viennese art collector and dealer who settled in Paris in 1852. His collection of works of art from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, and the finesse of his knowledge, propelled him to become a dealer for great collectors such as Adolphe de Rothschild and Sir Richard Wallace. Frederic Spitzer set about compiling a catalog of his collection (renamed the "Musée Spitzer" by his social circle) with the aim of "sharing his work with the whole world, thus bringing new and extremely interesting elements to the history of all the arts". "This name, relatively forgotten today, is that of a colorful man, a character such as only the 19th century could produce. It is also synonymous with an immense art collection. "Choosing the most exquisite things that art has created, the most admirable things that human industry has kneaded, filed, woven, forged, chiseled or cast, the famous amateur had formed a collection without rival, unique in Europe, and built a palace to house it." It was in these glowing terms that art historian Edmond Bonnaffé described the collection assembled by Frederic Spitzer (1815-1890), for which he wrote one of the six volumes paying tribute to him. Today, the collection is dispersed among the great national museums of the West, or is in private hands, and the numerous testimonies, as well as the plethora of works published on the subject, give an idea of what it might have represented." The 6 volumes cataloguing the Spitzer collection are divided into 35 sections listing objects by typology: Vol. I : Antiques - 7 pl., Ivory - 24 pl., Liturgical silverware - 25 pl., Tapestries - 7 pl. Vol. II : Painted enamels - 16 pl., Furniture and carved wood - 20 pl., Earthenware from Saint-Porchaire - 3 pl., Earthenware from Bernard Palissy - 7 pl., Locksmithing - 5 pl., Leathers - 6 pl. Vol. III : Civil silverware - 15 pl., Metal inlays - 3 pl., Painting under glass - 2 pl., Glassware - 9 pl., Stained glass - 3 pl., Jewelry and rings - 7 pl., Stoneware - 4 pl., Cutlery - 5 pl., Boxwood and Munich stone sculpture - 11 pl. Vol. IV : Italian earthznware - 22 pl., Hispano-Moorish earthenware - 2 pl., Sculpture - 22 pl., Plaquettes - 4 pl., Medals - 4 pl., Dinanderie - 2 pl. Vol. V : Gems 10 pl., Clocks and watches - 8 pl., Mathematical instruments - 4 pl., Manuscripts - 6 pl., Miniatures and drawings - 2 pl., Waxes - 1 pl., Fabrics and embroideries - 14 pl. (with 11bis), Boxes - 3 pl., Games - 2 pl. Vol. VI : Weapons - 57 pl. "On April 23, 1890, as this volume went to press, the eminent collector Frederic Spitzer died. We do not pretend to add here one more tribute to the public tributes which have been paid to his memory; we must say only the part which belongs to him in this catalog, the publication of which he considered the crowning achievement of his career, and which was to be the complement of the incomparable museum which he had created. Not content with opening his galleries to all . Frederic Spitzer wanted the whole world to benefit from his work, bringing new and extremely interesting elements to the history of all the arts. It was from this generous concern that the idea of this catalog was born. Mrs. Spitzer, concerned about the future of the work to which her husband was so passionately attached, wanted his intentions to be scrupulously respected." (Les Editeurs). « Afin que ce livre fût un modèle du genre, [Frédéric Spitzer] fit appel à des historiens d'art d'une autorité reconnue, et il s'attacha à faire exécuter, de tous les objets de choix, des reproductions absolument fidèles. Tout a concouru, en un mot, pour faire du Catalogue de la Collection Spitzer non seulement un beau livre, mais encore un livre d'une utilité incontestable. » (=  "To make this book a model of its kind, [Frédéric Spitzer] called on the services of art historians of recognized authority, and endeavored to produce absolutely faithful reproductions of all the choice objects. In short, everything conspired to make the Catalogue de la Collection Spitzer not only a beautiful book, but also one of indisputable utility"). Préface, Les Editeurs. The entire collection comprised almost 4 000 objects, which were sold in 1893 by the Galerie Georges Petit (Paris) in 38 auctions. A second sale took place in 1895, specifically for weapons and armor. A fine copy, complete with all the plates, preserved in the publisher's folders.

Paris, E. & A. Lesort, s.d. (1896 ou avant), imprimé chez Mâme à Tours, petit in-4°, (6)pp nn (frontispice en chromolithographie, titre) + 359 pp + 4 héliogravures h.t. . Chaque page a une bordure representant des dentelles. '' Ce livre ou l'on a reproduit les types exacts de tous les genres de dentelles depuis les origines jusqu'à nos jours et ou l'on s'est également proposé de faire connaitre les broderies qui , pendant les XVe , XVIe et XVIIe siècles ont orné les vêtements sacerdoteaux''. Les gravures des dentelles - la pluspart des examples de la Collection Spitzer - ont été gravé par Henri Carot. Reliure en marocain blue janséniste, avec monogramme en métal B.R. sur le plat sup. tranches dorées et marbrées, coupes avec filets dorés, feuilles de garde et contre collés en soie blue. Exemplaire en parfait état, dans son emboitage d'origine. Boite couvert de toile noir, avec les initiales B.R. à froid sur la couvercle. Intérieur en soie avec la marque en or de Lesort. (Boité avec des traces d'usage à l'extérieur.). Pour une fois nous sommes renseignés sur le premier propriétaire de ce livre. C'était un cadeau de marriage ( date 16 juin 1896 en or sur la page de garde) pour Berthe Rodolphe (B.R.). Sur les pages prévues elle a rempli les evènements familiales. Elle a deux enfants; Edmée (°9-xii- 1899 - +12-iv-1943) et Louis (né janvier 1907). Berthe Rodolphe est mort le 4 Mai 1940. Un beau livre avec une provenance (ce qui est rare) dans une magnifique reliure signée au dos [Lesort]. Interesting devotional book in a magnificent binding, signed [Lesort], with a family provenance - which is rare. Kept in the original box. The book is decorated throughout with borders representing examples of lace, mainly from the famous Spitzer collection.