Watch List notes:

Pope-Hennessy, John. RENAISSANCE BRONZES FROM THE SAMUEL H. KRESS COLLECTION. RELIEFS, PLAQUETTES, STATUETTES, UTENSILS AND MORTARS. London: Phaidon, 1965. 4to, later brown half morocco with marbled sides; spine with five raised bands, ruled and decorated in gilt; black morocco spine label, gilt; top page edges gilt. viii, 333, (3) pages; 90 plates depicting 467 items. Fore-edge worn; else near fine. A finely bound copy of this important catalogue, significant both for the comprehensiveness of the collection and the quality of the cataloguing. Rather scarce. Modesti 2514: "uno dei più importanti punti di riferimento sulla placchettistica rinascimentale..." Ex Laurence Albert Brown Library, with his Tolkien-inspired bookplate on pastedown.