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The Gustave Dreyfus Reliefs & Plaquettes

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The Gustave Dreyfus Reliefs & Plaquettes
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De Ricci, Seymour. THE GUSTAVE DREYFUS COLLECTION. II: RELIEFS AND PLAQUETTES. Oxford: At the University Press, 1931. Thick folio [40 by 30 cm], original blue cloth, gilt. xvi, 300 pages; title printed in red and black; 127 superb plates depicting 453 reliefs and plaquettes. Tiny pinhole tear to cloth near spine head, else fine. The rare original edition of this important, beautifully produced work. Now residing in the Samuel H. Kress Collection at the National Gallery of Art, De Ricci, in his preface, notes that “The Gustave Dreyfus collection of Italian plaquettes is the choicest in the world.” A printed notice on the verso of the half-title reveals that “The collection of Monsieur Gustave Dreyfus was acquired in 1930 from his executors by Sir Joseph Duveen Bart.” Sir Joseph was the moving force of the New York City firm of Duveen Brothers and, by most accounts, remains the greatest international art dealer of all time. His trade in master paintings and other superb works of art is legendary. [Online description truncated: see printed or PDF catalogue for full description.]