Catalogue of the collection of watches : the property of J. Pierpont Morgan / compiled at his request by G. C. Williamson.
By: Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont)
Contributor(s): Williamson, George Charles | Mackie, Lillian
Publisher: Lausanne : Presses Centrales S.A., [s. d.].Description: ixi p., 1 l., 244 p., 1 l. illus. (part mounted; incl. facsims.) XCII pl. (incl. front, ports.) 39 x 31 cm.Subject(s): Clocks and watches -- Private collections -- CatalogsItem type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book | British Museum | Britain Europe and Prehistory | Shelves | HOR 5 M (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 10021099 |
Each plate accompanied by leaf with descriptive letterpress.
"Reprinted by Presses Centrales Lausanne S.A. for F. De Nobele, Paris".
"The index has been prepared by Miss Lillian Mackie".--p. [vi]
"This edition, printed on hand-made paper, consists of 45 copies, and is for private circulation only ... no. 10."
"Errata" after p. 244.
"Some books on watches in the author's collection used and consulted in the preparation of this catalogue": p. liii-lvi.