Wallace Collection Catalogues: Picture and Drawings (illustrations), Sixth Edition; Pictures and Drawings (text with historical notes and illustrations), Sixteenth Edition

London: William Clowes and Sons, Ltd. Reprint Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copies of two exhaustive catalogues of the so-called Wallace Collection, the Sixth Edition having been published originally in 1905 and the Sixteenth Edition, extensively added to, having been published most recently in 1968, a Collection that stretches back to the early 17th century. Minor wear of covers and text-blocks, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copies. Marred only by Michael Unger's ink-stamps and penned inscriptions, else clean, bright and unmarked. Bound in blue printed wraps, with auction house's devices to front cover. Replete with plentiful black-and-white photographs of fine art works printed on high-gloss paper. 214 pp., xxxii [1], 2-471 pp., and with Preface by the Director, F.J.B. Watson, to the Sixth Edition.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.