Lot 179
Chinese Porcelain - Morgan, J. Pierpont
Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelain
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 June 2023 at 11:00 BST
Description
New York: Privately Printed, 1904-11. 2 volumes, 8vo, edition limited to 250 copies, presentation copy with John Pierpont Morgan's leather book label, inscribed "Sir Guy Laking, with kind regards, J. Pierpont Morgan, Library, Oct. 22nd 1906", 158 coloured plates, contemporary green morocco gilt, watered silk and green morocco endpapers, spines gilt, t.e.g., others uncut
Footnote
Note: A very fine copy of the edition limited to 250 copies, privately printed by order of J. Pierpont Morgan.
Provenance: J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), American financier, banker and benefactor, notable collector of books, pictures, paintings, clocks, gemstones & other art objects. His son, J. P. Morgan Jr., made the Pierpont Morgan Library a public institution in 1924 as a memorial to a his father.
Guy Francis Laking (1875-1919), English art historian and author, first keeper of the London Museum, an authority of arms and armour.