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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Some tanning and marking due to age. In 5 Volumes. Year 1979. Hardcover. English. See images for condition.

About the book >.>.> The private collection of Robert von Hirsch (1883-1977) was entirely his own and also his wife’s in its more modern sections personal creation. Selecting and cherishing his treasures with a sure and cultivated sense giving access to them through Martha von Hirsch’s enchanting garden and living amidst the collection he poured that life into it which ceased at his death. His last will forbade any attempt to mummify what had been a living entity. The collection had many admirers in the numerous branches of his family in the wider circle of his friends and acquaintances among connoisseurs from all over the world to whom he always gave a willing and courteous reception. All these people naturally wished to preserve the memory of what had been a source of so much pleasure and so the idea grew of preserving the Martha and Robert von Hirsch collection in a comprehensive documentation – a form which could not hope to evoke it lifelike but could at least ensure a record of its complete contents and arrangement. The primary source for this record is of course the widely known four volume catalogue of the auction held by Sotheby’s in London in June 1978. The current fifth volume will complete the picture with articles on Robert von Hirsch’s personality and work covering the library the garden and the rooms housing the col- lection and most of all a catalogue of items which were bequeathed to museums relations and friends and therefore do not appear in the auction catalogue. Special thanks are due not only to the authors but also to Peter Wilson and David Wille at Sotheby’s without whom this volume could not have been produced. (OS)