A complete, though rather untidy copy of Volume 2, "Works of Art and Silver", of the Auction Sale Catalogue produced for Sotheby's "Mentmore" sale, Sale Ref. MENTMORE, held at Mentmore, Buckinghamshire, on behalf of the Estate of the late 6th Earl of Rosebery and his family, from 18th to 23rd May 1977. The five sections comprising :- 1 :- Wednesday, 18th May : Antiquities, Sculpture, Garden Urns and Statuary, Bronzes, Lots 201 - 346 : 2 :- Thursday 19th May : Foreign Silver and Silver Gilt, Lots 601 - 694 :- 3 :- Friday 20th May : Arms and Armour, Clocks, Caskets and Table Cabinets, Metalwork, Limoges Enamels, Lots 1001 - 1162 :- 4 :- Monday 23rd May : English Silver and Silver Gilt, Lots 1601 - 1720 :- 5 :- Monday 23rd May : Objects of Vertu, Tortoiseshell, Amber, Ivories, Rock Crystals and Hardstones, Lots 1801 - 1923. Hard covers, now in poor condition, large format, 351 pages, lavishly illustrated throughout with both black and white and full colour plates.
