Miniatures Persanes: Tirees des Collections de Mm. Henry D'Allemagne, Claude Anet, Henri Aubry [...] et Exposees au Musee des Arts Decoratifs Juin-Octobre 1912

Paris: Bibliothèque d’Art et d’Archéologie, 1913. Limited edition, #110 of 150 copies. Complete in two volumes, unbound quires in cloth-backed portfolio, spine lettered in gilt, cloth ties. With all 195 plates (21 of which are in color), loose as issued. Each measures 15 3/4 x 11 3/4". Very Good overall; ex-library copy with stamps on the endpapers and on the versos of the description sheets of each plate but not on the plates themselves. Moderate edgewear, rubbing to boards and joints, spine tips fraying; bookplate to front pastedowns; slight toning to some leaves. Contains stunning reproductions of Persian miniatures from the collections of Georges Marteau and Henri Vever as well as numerous others. Rare. (Inventory #: 140946971)