[Rarebooks] FS: Beautifully bound Ivory Miniatures for Jay Gould's Son

[Joslin Hall Rare Books, ABAA]

Debillemot-Chardon, Mme. G.  "LA MINIATURE SUR IVOIRE. Essai Historique et
Traite Pratique"

Paris; Librairie Renouard: no date [c.1910].

Both a history of the rise and fall of the art of miniatures portraits on
ivory in France and England, and a thorough examination of the techniques
used to paint them.

Hardcover. 6.5”x10”, xi + 158 pages, plus 16 gravure plates with tissue
guards; original softcovers bound into beautiful full red leather with
raised bands and elaborate giltwork on the spine and covers; silked
endpapers, and gilt dentelles. Binding signed “S.Simon Rel.” Endpapers
with several tears, covers with some rubbing and a little cracking at the
joints, etc.

A presentation copy, inscribed by the author to George Jay Gould, and with
Gould’s “Georgian Court” bookplate. Gould was the son of the railroad
magnate Jay Gould, and built the grand estate ‘Georgian Court’ in
Lakewood, New Jersey, in 1896.  [08171]  $300.00

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