CHRISTIE'S PICTORIAL ARCHIVE. ( Complete in nine volumes )
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Rougemont, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Mindata Publishing Company, 1980. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. No date, c. 1980. Nine volumes. Quarto. Ringed binders with numbered fiche in slotted panels inside, gilt titles and decoration on front and spine. Near Fine, covers slightly bumped, spine gilt dull on a few volumes, contents Fine, index leaves tanned on edges. A vast archive of the auction houses' London sales from Edwardian days through the 1970's. All but the painting volumes have an index, as issued. Over 77,000 items on 1055 fiche and divided into nine parts: FURNITURE: Including Ormolu and musical instruments; SILVER: Including Objects of Virtù, Fabergé and jewellery; CERAMICS: English and Continental items, glass and Art Nouveau; ORIENTAL: Chinese porcelain; also Japanese arms and lacquer, Islamic rugs and MSS; GENERAL DECORATIVE & APPLIED ART: Including sculpture, arms and armour, clocks, antiquities, tribal art, tapestries and icons; DUTCH & FLEMISH SCHOOL PAINTINGS; BRITISH SCHOOL; ITALIAN SCHOOL and OTHER SCHOOLS & GRAPHIC ARTS: Including European and North American Schools. Also Old Master and other prints, Book Plates and MSS. A unique and irreplaceable reference. Currently still available from Mindata for $8,777.00. Please note: this will only be shipped to an address in the United States.
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- Bookseller
- Frey Fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004715
- Title
- CHRISTIE'S PICTORIAL ARCHIVE. ( Complete in nine volumes )
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Mindata Publishing Company
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- Atkins, antiques, photographs, art, archive
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Frey Fine Books
Biblio member since 2019
Rougemont, North Carolina
About Frey Fine Books
Antiquarian bookseller, with over 15 years experience.
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