MERCHANTS AND MASTERPIECES.
The story of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Pp. 384(last blank), 25 plates (3 double page), text illustrations, appendices, index; f'cap. 4to; qr. black cloth, spine lettered in black, blue cloth boards; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed, edges a trifle rubbed and split; edges of leaves slightly foxed; Longman, London, 1970. First U.K. edition. *The Metropolitan's vast collection, ranging over fifty centuries, reflects the tastes and resources of only a handful of remarkable nineteenth and twentieth century individuals, including J. P. Morgan and John D. Rockefeller, Jr., who acquired, along with their millions, a taste for immortality. Blending anecdotes with social history, Calvin Tomkins reveals the ideas, personalities, and financial power behind the Metropolitan's dramatic climb to greatness' [wrapper blurb]. Item #158151
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