[WILDER Hieronim] Catalogues of Hieronim Wilder's Polish Antiquarian: Nos. 1-8, 11, 20-26 - 16 pieces total.
Warsaw 1906-1930. 21-24 cm.
Sixteen catalogs of an outstanding antiquarian bookstore operating in Warsaw from 1903 to 1932, founded and run by the eminent antiquarian, bibliophile, art historian and promoter of graphic art, Hieronim Wilder (1876-1941).
The catalogs were themed at auction:
- Nos. 1, 4, 24: Polish History,
- No. 2: Polish literature, Slavic philology,
- No. 3: Medicine,
- No. 5: Art,
- No. 6: Legal and social sciences,
- No. 7: Art collections of Mathias Bersohn,
- Nos. 8, 22: Polonica,
- No. 9: Heraldry and military science,
- No. 11: Polish Miscellanea
- No. 20: Polish prints of the 15th-18th centuries,
- No. 21: Polish Autographs,
- No. 23: Poland (1914-1927),
- No. 25: Rara et curiosa XVI-XVIII ss. (Polonica),
- No. 26: Varia (Polonica).
Volume of each catalog from 40 to 100 pp, some with illustrations on plates and in text, preserved covers of catalogs. More than good condition, minor pencil marks (in several catalogs). Catalogs bound together 1-8 and 20-22, 24-26, Nos. 11 and 23 separately.