two books are sitting side by side on a black surfacea piece of paper with writing on it sitting on a tablea book that is open on a black tablesomeone is holding an open book with a picture of a man on ita person holding an open book with a picture of a man and a womantwo books sitting next to each other on a table
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19 - Kélékian (Dikran Khan). The Kélékian Collection.
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Estimate €300 - €500
Description
Kélékian (Dikran Khan). The Kélékian Collection. Paintings from the Modern French School. Paris, New York, Cairo, 1920. 1 folio volume, contemporary binding with a slipcase edged in solid beige morocco leather, plain spine with gilt title, all edges gilt. Covers with gilt star-shaped decoration. Spine discoloured by light; a tear on the slipcase requiring repair. Binding unsigned. Scattered foxing throughout the volume. Catalogue featuring 72 paintings reproduced in black from engravings of works in the collection of the great Armenian antiquarian Dikran Khan Kélékian. Handwritten dedication on the half-title page: ‘To His Excellency Boghos Pasha Nubar, President of the Armenian Delegation, with respectful homage (signature: first name illegible, surname: Kélékian), Paris, July 1920’. For each reproduced painting, the price is indicated in pencil below, in dollars. A well-bound copy.
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