1963 Great Private Collections

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Uncommon, With Dustwrapper

First edition. An uncommon volume.

With the publisher's clipped dust wrapper. With the very scarce original glassine. 

A fascinating study of twenty-six collections of art, antiquities, armour, rare books, paintings, sculpture, furniture, porcelain, silver and more. The origins and developments of each collections and its chief points of interest are described and discussed by a variety of leading art historian or museum specialists. 

Copiously illustrated throughout in monochrome and colour with photographs or reproductions of the collection. 

Edited by Douglas Cooper, a British art historian, critic and collector who specialised in Cubist works. He was also involved in investigating who had dealt with stolen art during the war. 

With an introduction by Kenneth Clark, a British art historian, museum director and broadcaster who is particularly associated with Italian Renaissance art and Leonardo da Vinci.