[Rarebooks] FS: Medieval Antiques in the Mayer Collection -1883

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"Catalogue of Mediaeval & Later Antiquities contained in the Mayer Museum,
including the Mather Collection of Miniatures and Medals Relating to the
Bonaparte Family"

By Charles T. Gatty.
Printed in Liverpool by Gilbert G. Walmsley, in 1883.

An elegant catalog of Medieval manuscripts, ivory carvings, jet carvings,
enamels, coins, seals and niello, Medieval and “modern” oriental,
Venetian, German, Spanish, French and English glass; later enamels; French
Revolutionary and First Empire badges and medals; Wedgwood medallions
illustrating the French Revolution; and the Mather Collection of
miniatures and medals relating to the Bonaparte family. The illustrated
plates show the Medieval manuscripts and ivories, and some enamels,
miniatures and Bonaparte items.

Joseph Mayer [1803-1886] was one of the preeminent antiquarians of the
19th century, and a major benefactor to the cultural life of his adopted
home, Liverpool. A goldsmith and jeweler by trade, collected a vast range
of antiquities, illuminated manuscripts, and other objects, and also wrote
several books on antiquarian subjects. He was a founder and benefactor to
both the Liverpool Museum and the Liverpool Public Library, and most of
his collections were eventually donated to the two institutions. Uncommon.

Hardcover. 9”x11.5”, viii + 108, i, iii pages, plus 16 b/w plates.
Original red-brown cloth with paper spine label, covers somewhat worn and
soiled, a bit faded along the extremities and spine; spine label soiled
and chipped; a bit frayed at the tips and spine head. Contents with a
little soil, small paper label of the Burlington Fine Arts Club.  350~

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