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(TIFFANY, LOUIS COMFORT.) Kay, Charles de. The Art Work of Louis C. Tiffany. 21 tipped-in color plates and 42 photogravures with lettered tissue guards. 4to, publisher's embossed vellum boards painted in burnt orange and burnished gold; only occasional light crease to tissues. Garden City: Doubleday Page and Co., 1914
one of four hundred ninety-two copies printed on japan paper for private distribution by tiffany. This copy inscribed and signed by Tiffany to Henrietta Ely, sister of his famous suffragist daughter-in-law, Katrina Brandes Ely Tiffany: "I send my book with much love and admiration for your loyalty to true friends. Louis Comfort Tiffany May 7 - 1927." A beautiful work celebrating the range of Tiffany's glass work, paintings, decoration, and architectural work. Tiffany underwrote the costs of this large expensive production, and presented it to wealthy clients and friends. A copy of George F. Heydt's book about Tiffany accompanies the lot. New York, 1893.
