The Oriental Collection Of W T Walters 65 Mt Vernon Place

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Baltimore: privately printed at the Press of Isaac Friedenwald , 1884. 8vo, pp. xv, 1 , 127, 1 , 7 leaves of plates; original limp brown cloth lettered on gilt on upper cover and spine, a.e.g. Ownership signature of Laura Van Alstyne. Sections include Chinese, Japanese, and Ancient & European pottery, porcelain, jade, lacquer, swords, bronzes, painting, carvings, etc. A wealthy railroad executive, Walters 1820-94 began collecting paintings at an

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