(7) Important art collection catalogues, 1876-1910, Most in custom leather binding with stamp of Howard Young Galleries, New York, including: Catalogue of American Paintings Belonging to William T. Evans…at Chickering Hall, 1900, #249/500 copies, with typed list of purchasers and price of each lot tipped in at rear; De Luxe Illustrated Catalogue of the Very Valuable Modern Paintings, Sculpture and Other Art Property Collected by the Late Theron R. Butler, Esq….at Mendelssohn Hall, 1910, #47/125 copies, purchaser’s name and price in pen on each page; Catalogue of the A. T. Stewart Collection of Paintings, Sculptures, and Other Objects of Art…at Chickering Hall, 1887, #24/500 copies, typed list of purchasers and price of each lot tipped in at rear; Catalogue de Tableaux Modernes Composant la Collection de M. Fr. Hartmann, 1881, Charles Pillet, Paris, 21 lots primarily Millet and Rousseau, realized prices in pen next to lots, text in French; Collection de Feu [of the late] Mr. S. Van Walchren Van Wadenoyen of Holland, Charles Pillet, Sale Part Two only, 1876, 80 lots, realized prices in pen next to each lot, text in French; Catalogue of a Loan Collection of Pictures Principally of the French School of 1830, Exhibited at Lawrie and Company's Galleries, 1893; and Original Drawings by Rembrandt in the Collection of J.P.H. [Heseltine], Autotype Company/Chiswick Press, 1907, smallest: 10"h x 7"w, largest: 15.25"h x 11.25"w

Provenance: From the Collection of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw; Note in Rembrandt vol. "New Years present from the owner Mr. J.P. Heseltine Jan 1 1907" and "...to Eugene V. Thaw from Charles Ryskamp 1 Jan 1977" (former Director of The Frick Collection and The Pierpont Morgan Library)

Notes/Literature: A. Stewart volume with tipped in New York Daily Tribune article of February 5, 1998 concerning the collection and sale for $42,000 of Fortuny’s “The Choice of the Model" to W. A . Clark, mining magnate, later U.S. Senator, and father of the recluse-to-be NYC heiress Huguette Clark

Fair, leather worn and chipped, dry, powdery and flaking, pages generally clean except Hartmann pages with age spots and stains, Stewart volume with rear board detached, Butler with front board detached, Lawrie with both boards detached and lacking spine cover, Rembrandt binding loose and cloth split at top of spine - **Condition reports are rendered as specialist opinion by the staff of the Auction House and not as statements of fact. We do not guarantee the content of written or verbal condition reports. The absence of a condition report does not imply that there are no condition issues with the lot. Please call us at (973) 377-1500 or e-mail info@milleabros.com with any questions about this lot at least 24 hours prior to auction.