Estimate: | £100 - £150 |
Hammer price: | £20 |
COATS, William Allan (1853-1926, collector) - Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures of the French, Dutch, British and Other Schools belonging to W. A. Coats. Glasgow: Wm. B. Paterson, 1904. Large 4to (380 x 285mm). Oval portrait on the title, printed in red and black, 138 photogravure plates on india paper, mounted. FINELY BOUND in contemporary turquoise crushed morocco gilt by Maclehose, Glasgow, top edges gilt, others uncut (extremities rubbed, some scuffing and scratching, upper inner hinges weak). Provenance: Sir Alexander Kay Muir, Bart. (armorial bookplate); from the Collection of Mr & Mrs Walter Goetz; pencil annotation to front free endpaper and including many prices added to the French School pictures section of the catalogue and to the margins of a few plates. FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 200 COPIES "PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION."