(MURRAY, Charles Fairfax).

Catalogue of a Collection of Early German Books in the Library of C. Fairfax Murray.

Compiled by Hugh Wm. Davies. Many plates & text illus. Two vols. Large 4to, orig. cloth-backed boards (lower joint of Vol. I worn but strong, extremities a little worn), uncut, printed paper labels on spines (chipped as always). London: Privately Printed, 1913. Limited to 100 copies and extremely rare. "Owing to the extremely detailed bibliographical descriptions and critical notes by Davies, successively cataloguer and owner of the London bookselling firm of J. & J. Leighton, from whom many of the books were acquired, the catalogues of the Fairfax Murray Collection of French and German fifteenth- and sixteenth-century illustrated books (including a few of later date) may be considered selective bibliographies of their subject and belong indeed to the best reference works on it. Murray (1849-1919), was a Pre-Raphaelite painter turned art dealer (J.P. Morgan was one of his great clients) and an ardent collector of printed books."­Grolier Club, Bibliography, 147. Good set of this rare and important private library catalogue. Printed on fine paper. The original edition is far superior to the reprint. De Ricci, pp. 178-79.

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