first edition hardcover
1929 · New York
by DEAN, Bashford
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1929. Limited. hardcover. fine. vii, 200pp with some figures in the text, followed by 85 handsomely printed plates (331 daggers), printed one side only and protected with tissue. Thick 4to, handsomely bound in full burgundy leather with red morocco label. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1929. Limited edition of 900 copies. A fine copy of this exceedingly rare catalogue. Plates printed at the Imprimerie de Vanguard, Paris. (Inventory #: 219905)