SCHLEICHER, Adolphe. Antiquarian Handbook of the Lover and Collector

Paris: Albin Michel, 1926. In 4 °. (2) -429 pages (many illustrations)

Half-leather binding with corners (spine with ribs titled gold, front jaw cracked on the bottom (6 cm), without spots or freckles). Very good state. Format 24.5 x 33 cm. Weight 2,280 kg. 

"This book will be of great service to antique dealers, collectors and art lovers. They will find there a very clear and very complete account of everything they should know about all the Arts: Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, Furniture, Tapestries, Pottery, Stoneware, Earthenware, Porcelain, Enamels, Ironwork, Bronzes , Horlogerie, Orfèvrerie, Snuffboxes and Engravings, as well as the results of the most important sales of the last twelve years. The index, which refers to the thousands of names of artists and objects cited in the work, also contains the names of the main architects, sculptors, painters, draftsmen, small masters, French and foreign engravers, from Middle Ages in the 19th century, carefully chosen from among those who have particularly distinguished themselves. As all our sources are scrupulously indicated in the course of this manual, it will be easy for those who wish to make more in-depth studies to find in this vast accumulation of references the required documentation ". 

Content: 

FINE ARTS: 

I. France [64 pages]: 

Architecture, sculpture and painting from the Middle Ages to the 18th century

II. Foreign [30 pages]: 

Italy, Flanders, Germany, Spain, Holland, England

DECORATIVE AND APPLIED ARTS [244 pages]: 

Furniture and Interior Decoration

Tapestries

Ceramics

The Enamels

Ironwork

The bronze

Watchmaking

The Goldsmith

The Snuffboxes

Engraving

HISTORY OF THE CURIOSITY TRADE [22 pages]

WAKE UP MEMORY [59 pages]