Creator
Guglielmo Libri
Title
Monuments inédits ou peu connus: faisant partie du cabinet de Guillaume Libri et qui se rapportent à l'histoire des arts du dessin considérés dans leur application à l'ornement des livres.
Coverage
London
Publisher
Dulau & cie.
Date
1862
Description
This extraordinary volume is associated with two notorious figures in the history of book collecting: Sir Thomas Phillipps (1782-1872) and Count Guglielmo Libri (1803-1869). The book itself illustrates, in brilliant chromolithography, some of the highlights of Libri’s collection of rare books, manuscripts, and fine bindings, most of which Libri pilfered from French public libraries. This copy belonged to Sir Thomas Phillipps, perhaps the most voracious (and unpleasant) collector of the English nineteenth century, and is annotated by Phillipps to mark the books he acquired at the Libri auction of 1861.
Source
Purchased in 2004 with Grolier Club Library Harper Funds.