Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

I. Catalogue des Tableaux Anciens des Ecoles des XIVe, XVe, XVIe, XVIIIe et XIXe Siècles : Oeuvres Capitales de Greco, Goya, Rembrandt, F. Hals, Le Tintoret, etc.. Composant la Collection de M. Marczell de Nemes de Budapest ; II. Catalogue des Tableaux Modernes : Oeuvres Capitales de Mary Cassatt, Cezanne, Courbet, Corot, Degas, Gauguin, van Gogh, Manet, Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, Renoir, Composant la Collection de M. Marczell de Nemes de Budapest. [WITH 121 HELIOGRAVURE PLATES]

Paris: Galerie Manzi, 1913. First edition. Hardcover. Folio (12 3/4 x 10"). [4], xv, [1]pp (Text), 83 leaves (Description page), 83 leaves (Plates) (Vol. 1); [4], xvipp (Text), 84-121 leaves (Description page); 84-121 leaves (Plates) (Vol. 2). Original full calf, with gold lettering to spines and front covers. Marbled endpapers. Title pages in red and black lettering. Decorative headpieces.

Preface of each volume by Léon Roger-Milès.

This monumental 2-vol. set catalogue was produced for the June 17-18, 1913 auction sale of the spectacular painting collection of Marcell or Marczell Nemes (1866-1930), a successful Hungarian financier, art collector and art dealer.

Each of the 121 tissue-guarded plates depicting the paintings at auction is accompanied by a descriptive leaf.

The text is printed on velin paper, and the plates are reproduced in stunning heliogravure.

Heavy rubbing to spines and along edges. Text in French. Binding in overall fair, interior in very good
condition. f to vg. Item #46790

Price: $225.00

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