Catalogue des livres illustrés du XVIIe siècle : éditions originales de grands classicques français, riches reliures armoriées e tautographes anciens, provenant de la Bibliothèque, à Paris, de M. George Blumenthal - Blumenthal, George 1858-1941 (Paris Giraud-Badin, 1932)
George Blumenthal (1858-1941) was a financier, philanthropist, and art collector. He was born in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany in 1858, and came to the United States in his youth. His great wealth came from foreign exchange, and for twenty-one years he was a senior partner of Lazard Frères where he was known as one of the ablest financiers of Wall Street. He retired from active banking in 1925 to devote his life to art and medicine. Apart from finance and art, his predominant interest was Mount Sinai Hospital (The Jews' Hospital in the City of New York) where he served as President from 1910-1938. In 1928 he gave $1 million to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and was its President from 1934 until his death in 1941. He also contributed heavily to the New York Public Library and the Sorbonne, in Paris. Blumenthal built several mansions, including two in New York City, a townhouse in Paris, and a château in Grasse, near Cannes, France. Blumenthal's first wife, Florence Meyer, died in Paris in 1930.
Priced in pencil throughout
paginated part 1: 'Bibliothèque' - unpaginated part 2: 'Album de reliures'
Keywords: 20th Century (1901-2000); 18th Century (1701-1800); Bibliography; Bibliophilia; Collecting; Catalog; Paris (France)