Great family collections

Abstract

Each collection is described in detail by a historian who knows it well. This book describes the history and growth of each of 12 great European collections, each unique to an era.

Contents

The princes Colonna / Federico Zeri -- The princes Doria Pamphili / Luisa Vertova -- The counts Wrangel and Brahe / Erik Andrén, Heribert Seitz, Eva Bergman -- The counts Harrach / Robert Keysselitz -- The princes Pallavicini / Franco Russoli -- The dukes of Devonshire / Michael Jaffé -- The princes Fürstenberg / Altgraf Salm -- The earls Spencer / Kenneth Garlick -- The marquess of Cholmondeley / F.J.B. Wilson -- The princes de Condé and the Duc d'Aumale / Prince Raoul de Broglie -- The dukes of Alba / José M. Pita Andrade -- The princes de Beauvau-Craon / R.A. Cecil.