Kollektsiia oruzhiia A. A. Katuar de Bionkura: sto predmetov iz sobranii Gosudarstvennogo istoricheskogo muzeia / A. A. Catoire de Bioncourt’s Weapons Collection: 100 Items from the Collection of the State Historical Museum
St. Petersburg: Atlant, 2003. sewn cl. This catalogue of the collection of a Russian nineteenth-century minister of French origin donated to the State Historical Museum (Moscow) has excellent pieces from most European traditions—Turkey, Russia, the Caucasus, Georgia, England, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia. Color plates display the artistic and technical splendor of the works, and catalogue entries provide place and date of manufacture, attributions based on trade marks and inscriptions, materials and techniques used in manufacture, size, and museum reference number. Chapters on de Bioncourt, the formation of his collection, and its place in the overall arms department of the Historical Museum introduce the catalogue. 254 pp., 8 5/8 x 11 3/8 ins., 11 b-&-w illus., 181 color, Rus. and ENGLISH. Item #377
ISBN: 5901555120
Price: $75.00