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Catalogue of the magnificent contents of 148 Piccadilly, W.1, sold by order of Victor Rothschild... comprising the superb Dutch and Flemish cabinet paintings, the valuable French XVIII century furniture, the fine carvings, crystal, glass, porcelain, cloisonné, tapestries, chandeliers, and works of art, the sumptuous furnishings, which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co. ... on the premises, on Monday, the 19th of April, 1937, and three following days

Archive Print Item: Bedford Collection J211

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Type of record: Book

Title: Catalogue of the magnificent contents of 148 Piccadilly, W.1, sold by order of Victor Rothschild... comprising the superb Dutch and Flemish cabinet paintings, the valuable French XVIII century furniture, the fine carvings, crystal, glass, porcelain, cloisonné, tapestries, chandeliers, and works of art, the sumptuous furnishings, which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co. ... on the premises, on Monday, the 19th of April, 1937, and three following days

Level: Item

Classmark: Bedford Collection J211

Additional creator(s): Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) (Former owner); Sotheby & Co. (London, England) (Issuing body)

Publisher: Sotheby & Co

Publication city: London

Date(s): 1937

Language: English

Size and medium: 171 pages, 63 leaves of plates, including color frontispiece

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/745567

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991020049597505181

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Includes list of prices and buyers' names.


Place of sale: London.


Date of sale: April 19-22, 1937.

Provenance

Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection J211: From the John Evan Bedford Library, gifted in 2019. Twenty-first-century pictorial bookplate on front flyleaf: John Evan Bedford. Former reference: CTH/31.

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