[Rarebooks] FS: 1883 Mayer Collection Catalog: Portrait Miniatures, Medieval Carvings

[Joslin Hall Rare Books, Ephemera & Photographs]

“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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