Antique Swiss + European Watches - Hearn Collection Rare 1907 Met.Mus. Catalog

Description

“Collection of Watches loaned to The Metropolitan Museum of Art of the City of New York by Mrs. George A. Hearn”
Privately printed in 1907.
DISCUSSION:
A catalog of beautiful French, Swiss, Austrian and English watches of the 18th and 19th centuries. One of the great first-generation American collectors, George A. Hearn was an important benefactor and contributor to the collections at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, but despite these gifts, his own personal collection at the time of his death was immense.
Card covers. 7"x9.5", 34 pages plus 10 black & white plates with tissue guards, illustrating 54 watches. Covers worn and soiled, spine chipped, light corner stain -please see the photos.
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Stock #39579
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