MORGAN (JOHN PIERPONT) - BRONZES BODE (WILHELM) Collection of J. Pierpont Morgan. Bronzes of the Renaissance and Subsequent Periods, 2 vol., NUMBER 33 OF 150 COPIES 'FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION ONLY', printed in red and black, 163 photographic plates (including no. 53bis, some tinted, all mounted as issued, printed tissue guards), smaller photographic illustrations in the text, original black half morocco gilt, t.e.g., corners and spine ends worn, joints rubbed, folio (500 x 380mm.), Paris, Librarie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, 1910; and a 3-volume set of Waring's Masterpieces of Industrial Art & Sculpture at the International Exhibition 1862 (5) Footnotes: Lavishly presented catalogue of 'the most comprehensive and probably most important collection of bronzes to be found in private possession' (Preface). The collection was on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum in London until 1912, when it was shipped to New York for exhibition, but on Morgan's death in 1913 the collection was dispersed by his son. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com