A catalogue of the large and magnificent collection of objects d'art commenced by the late C.B. Lee-Mainwaring ... in the year 1820, and from 1874 largely added to by the Hon. W.F.B. Massey-Mainwaring, M.P., and the Hon. Mrs. Massey-Mainwaring, comprising specimens from all the most important art sales dispersed during the above periods, since 1874 exhibited at the Victoria and Albert and Bethnal Green Museums ...will be sold by auction by Messrs. Robinson & Fisher ... on Monday, June 6th, 1904, and five following days
London, Robinson & Fishe 1904.
99pp illustrated, 4to. Gilt lettered cloth with original wrappers bound in. Ownership signature of William H Brook 1904 on front paste down. Cloth binding worn at head and base of spine and corners. Internally very good. A key sale of the collection of William Massey-Mainwaring comprising French and English furniture, valuable porcelain, jewellery, enamels, stained glass, and paintings etc with 1037 lots in total. Additional items were sold at high-profile auctions by Christie's in 1907 following his death.