[Rarebooks] FS: 1883 Mayer Collection Catalog: Portrait Miniatures, Medieval Carvings
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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.
Published in Liverpool by Gilbert G. Walmsley in 1883.
An elegant catalog of Medieval manuscripts, early portrait miniatures,
iv0ry 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 (5 plates),
iv0ries (6 plates), enamels (3 plates), miniatures (2 plates), Wedgwood
medallions (1 plate), French Revolution-era badges & medals (1 plate),
and miniature portraits of the Bonaparte family (2 plates).
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 black & white
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. $65
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