Catalogue Des Cylindres Cachets Et Pierres Gravées De Style Oriental. (Cylinder Catalogue. Oriental Style Stamps and Engraved Stones) 2 Vols.
Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1920. First edition. Loose leaf. Folio. viii, 94 [2)pp., 60 plates, 95-239 [1]pp. 61-128 plates. Original string-tied three-quarter light brown cloth portfolios over tan boards, with brown lettering, ruling and vignettes on covers. Title pages with vignettes. Musée du Louvre.
Vol. 1: Excavations and Missions. Vol. 2: Acquisitions. Compiled with the assistance of Fr. Thureau-Dangin for the epigraphic part. Exhaustive catalog of the collection of oriental engraved stones held by the Louvre, one of the largest collections in the world at that time. It is profusely illustrated with collotype images and exhaustive descriptions in the corresponding catalog, and in-text drawings. Volume one is dedicated to the engraved stones from excavations and missions, volume two is reserved for artifacts from acquisitions.
Text in French. Some wear along edges of portfolio, small bumps and closed tears at head and tail of spine at vol. 1, with light staining and rubbing. Vol. 2 with some sunning to front cover and string ties missing. Text pages unopened at top and pages with light age-toning, imagery in very good condition. Good- to very good condition. Item #54466
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