TIFFANY & Co. [?PELISSIER, G.P.] ~ [Promotional facsimiles for works of art]. New York: Tiffany & Co, 1907-1908.
4 vols., 8vo (175 × 125 mm), sepia printed manuscript facsimiles. Rough trimmed. stitched in original wrappers (stitching perished in some cases). Covers slightly browned and occasionally a little chipped.
Pigalle his life and work. A short notice taken from original documents, 1907, pp. [68] including 8 plates.
The Mercury and the Venus aux Colombes by J.B. Pigalle. A short notice compiled from original documents, 1908, pp. [60] including 6 plates.
Gouthière, his life and and work. A short notice compiled from original documents, 1908, pp. [64] including 6 plates.
Bartolomeo Colleoni. A short historical notice of his life and his monument, 1908, pp. [32] including 4 plates.
First editions of these rare and ingenious promotional pamphlets describing statuary and other works of art and their makers, then on sale as replicas by Tiffany & Co in New York. A fascinating relic of Guilded Age salesmanship and collecting, each one is printed in sepia in facsimile of manuscript in an accomplished eighteenth-century style, with illustrations of the original works and document facsimiles, all providing appropriate gravitas for the wares on offer.