"Rare 13 Vol. In 8 Bound In Red Moroccan Green Mosaic "théâtre Des Grecs" By P. Brumoy"
This remarkable Edition of the "Théatre des Grecs" is the most beautiful in existence in 13 strong volumes in a prestigious binding from the end of the 18th century in red morocco, boards with gilt frames, interior gilt lace, smooth spine with a mosaic of false nerves in green morocco and gilded in rectangular sergements, rich fine "guilloché" irons and gilded goods, flowers, and titles and volume numbers in green morocco, edges gilded with bright gold, marbled endpapers, Ex-libris of the Von Weinberg Family, Great German Jewish Industrialist , whose fortune is the origin of the synthetic dyes "Cassella" German chemical and pharmaceutical company. When the Nazis came to power in 1933, the Weinbergs were harassed because of their Jewish origins, after Kristallnacht they had to sell their Villa and its Art Collection for a low price; Weinberg goes into exile with his sister in Italy... Chemist and collector of works of art (1861-1943 in Rome)