Henry de TRIQUETI (1804-1874) Biographies of Baron Henry de Triqueti Catalog of his works. Catalog of his publications. Biographical notes on his daughter Madame EDWARD LEE CHILDE née BLANCHE DE TRIQUETI. All mounted on tabs in an in-4 volume bound in ivory half vellum, with calligraphic title on spine. Precious collection of various publications illustrating the life and work of Henry de Triqueti. It contains: * A photographic print of Susan Durant's marble bust of the sculptor, now in the Musée de Montargis. * An engraved paper print of his ex-libris. * A photographic print of the doors to the Madeleine. * The biographical note on Baron Henry de Triqueti by Dr. HUETTE, published in Montargis in 1874. Signed by Blanche Lee Childe on the cover. Bears the stamp of the Montargis museum (copy probably given to Blanche by the museum curator). * An extract from Le Panthéon de la Légion d'Honneur by M. Théophile LAMATHIERE, published in Paris and featuring Triqueti's biography. * The booklet for the Funeral of Baron Henry de Triqueti, statuary, celebrated in Paris on May 13, 1874, published in Paris in 1874. * Extracts from English newspapers announcing the sculptor's death. * A typed version of the "Débats" article on Baron Henry de Triqueti by Charles CLEMENT, May 17, 1874. * The catalog of the work of Baron Henry de Triqueti, preceded by a notice on the sculptor by Baron de GIRARDOT (extract from Volume XVI of the Mémoires de la Société d'Agriculture, Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts d'Orléans), published in Orléans in 1874. * A handwritten sheet in ink describing the iconographic program for the Vase des Songes. * The supplement to the catalog of the works of Baron Henry de Triqueti by M. le baron de Girardot, richly annotated in ink with works conserved at Le Perthuis and works not mentioned in the catalog. * A booklet describing the iconographic program for the Portes de la Madeleine. Extracts from English newspaper articles on the "Marmor Homericum" installed at University College in 1865. * A typed list of Baron Henry de Triqueti's publications held by the Bibliothèque Nationale. * A thank-you L.A.S. addressed to Edward Lee Childe by the Curator of the Bibliothèque de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts on September 20, 1906. Salomon REINACH presented him with three new volumes by Henry de Triqueti. * A thank-you L.A.S. addressed to Edward Lee Childe by Léon BONNAT, Director of the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts, member of the Institut on November 20, 1906. He thanks him for the gift of two albums and a catalog of the retrospective exhibition in Manchester, supplemented by notes and sketches. * A LAS of thanks addressed to Madame Lee Childe by a librarian at the Bibliothèque d'Art et d'Archéologie on October 29, 1912. Salomon Reinach presented Mr. René JEAN with a copy of "les trois musées de Londres par H de Triqueti" annotated by the author. * Several newspaper extracts and literary reviews from 1883 on the publication of "Un hiver au Caire, journal du voyage en Egypte" by Madame Lee Childe, published by Calmann Levy. * Pierre LOTI: Propos d'exil, text of the dedication, in memory of Madame Lee Childe, published by Calmann Levy in 1887. Offprint of XXVII pages pasted page by page into the volume. * A typed version of the Journal des 'DEBATS' of Wednesday March 3, 1886, by DUFEUILLE, reporting on the funeral of Madame Lee Childe née de Triqueti. * The catalog of the sale of objets d'art, furnishings and paintings from the collection of Monsieur le baron de Triqueti on May 4, 1886 at Hôtel Drouot by auctioneer Paul CHEVALIER. Provenance: Château du Perthuis. Note: Baron Henry de Triqueti was an important figure in the Montargis region, owning three châteaux. Sculptor to the Princes, advisor to the d'Orléans family, interlocutor with Queen Victoria and her eldest daughter "Vicky", he frequented both the British and Prussian Courts. It was to him that the town of Montargis approached the Kronprinz or Royal Prince Frederic-Guillaume or Friedrich Wilhelm, the future Emperor Friedrich III, to obtain a relaxation of the conditions imposed on the region by the occupying armies during the 1870 war (lot 74).