Lot 876
G. Migeon, La collection Kelekian. Paris (1907).
Estimate
€ 500
Starting Price
€ 330
Lot:
876
Category:
Carpets and tapestries
Migeon, Gaston und Jules Guiffrey: La collection Kelekian. Étoffes & tapis d’orient & de Venise. Paris: Lévy (1907). 40 x 30 cm. With 97 (out of 100) colour plates (the missing plates have been replaced with copies). 2 leaves, 4, 3 pages. Loose sheets and plates in a green linen folder with a gold-embossed title on the cover and three fastening straps.
(Worn, showing signs of use and minor water stains; spine with traces of mounting. Plate 18 has damage to the edge; plate 52 has a large water stain on the top edge. Occasional marginal notes in pencil and minor damage to the edges. The missing plates 20, 25 and 71 have been replaced with copies. Browned, with foxing and ink stains in places.)
No. 58 of 300 Copies. - Enay/Azadi 406. - „Unglaublich schöne und prachtvolle Publikation. Eines der französischen Standardwerke“ (Enay/Azadi). - A catalogue of part of the collection of the Armenian-Ottoman art dealer and collector Dikran Kelekian (1868–1951). Kelekian is regarded as the most important intermediary in the acquisition of Islamic and Oriental art by the oil billionaire Calouste Gulbenkian (1869–1955).
(Worn, showing signs of use and minor water stains; spine with traces of mounting. Plate 18 has damage to the edge; plate 52 has a large water stain on the top edge. Occasional marginal notes in pencil and minor damage to the edges. The missing plates 20, 25 and 71 have been replaced with copies. Browned, with foxing and ink stains in places.)
No. 58 of 300 Copies. - Enay/Azadi 406. - „Unglaublich schöne und prachtvolle Publikation. Eines der französischen Standardwerke“ (Enay/Azadi). - A catalogue of part of the collection of the Armenian-Ottoman art dealer and collector Dikran Kelekian (1868–1951). Kelekian is regarded as the most important intermediary in the acquisition of Islamic and Oriental art by the oil billionaire Calouste Gulbenkian (1869–1955).