The book as art : modern illustrated books and fine bindings : Part I (catalogue for an auction conducted by Sotheby's, New York, 2 June 1995) § Part II (catalogue for an auction conducted by Sotheby's, London, 21 November 1995)
New York & London, Sotheby's, 1995
Two volumes (27 cm), I (2 June 1995): [364] pp., numerous illustrations (most in colour). 416 lots. List of prices realised loosely inserted. II (21 November 1995): 293 (11) pp., numerous illustrations (most in colour). 469 lots. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - Collection assembled by Frederick Robinson Koch, incorporating three separate collections: one formed in the 1920s and 1930s, by the jeweller Henri Vever (1854-1942); another formed during the same period, by the Argentine businessman Carlos R. Scherrer; and a collection assembled in the 1950s and 1960s by a Montreal collector. ¶ Fine, unmarked copies.
- Subjects
- Auction sale catalogues - Books - 1995
- Book illustration - Auction sale catalogues
- Bookbindings - Auction sale catalogues
- Livres d'artistes - Collections, Argentina - Scherrer (Carlos R.)
- Livres d'artistes - Collections, France - Vever (Henri), 1854-1942
- Livres d'artistes - Collections, USA - Koch (Frederick R.), born 1933
- Authors/Creators
- Sotheby's (New York)
- Owners
- Koch, Frederick R., born 1933
- Scherrer, Carlos R.
- Vever, Henri, 1854-1942
- Auction date
- 19950602
- 19951121
This collection contains
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Sotheby's (New York)
The book as art : modern illustrated books and fine bindings : Part I (catalogue for an auction conducted by Sotheby's, New York, 2 June 1995)
New York, Sotheby's, 1995(27 cm), 364 pp., numerous illustrations (most in colour). Lots numbered 1-416. List of prices realised loosely inserted. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. ¶ Fine, unmarked copy.- Subjects
- Auction sale catalogues - Books - 1995
- Book illustration - Auction sale catalogues
- Livres d'artistes - Collections, USA - Koch (Frederick R.), born 1933
- Authors/Creators
- Sotheby's (New York)
- Owners
- Koch, Frederick R., born 1933
- Auction date
- 19950602
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Sotheby's (London)
The book as art : modern illustrated books and fine bindings : Part II (catalogue for an auction conducted by Sotheby's, London, 21 November 1995)
London, Sotheby's, 1995(27 cm), 293 (11) pp., numerous illustrations (most in colour). 469 lots. List of estimates loosely inserted. List of prices realised loosely inserted. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. ¶ Fine, unmarked copy.- Subjects
- Auction sale catalogues - Books - 1995
- Book illustration - Auction sale catalogues
- Livres d'artistes - Collections, USA - Koch (Frederick R.), born 1933
- Authors/Creators
- Sotheby's (New York)
- Owners
- Koch, Frederick R., born 1933
- Auction date
- 19951121
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