Богато иллюстрированное подарочное издание в оригинальном футляре. From the time it first opened in 1793, the Musee du Louvre owned an important series of clocks and ormolu-mounted vases, mostly with a royal provenance. These objects were dispersed for a time before being returned to the Louvre with many other gilt bronzes when, on two occasions, in 1870 and 1901, the Keeper of the Departement des Objets d'art was authorised to transfer to the museum furniture and objects which had, over the past decades, served to embellish various official palaces. The collection was later enriched by two important bequests, Schlichting in 1914 and Grog in 1973, as well as by other donations and acquisitions, all presenting the high quality worthy of the original core of the collection. Pierre Verlet, followed by Daniel Alcouffe, responsible in turn for the Departement, not only ensured the consistency of the collection but also contributed to improving knowledge regarding the history...