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Bernal (Ralph) [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the Celebrated Collection of Works of Art, from the Byzantine Period to that of Louis Seize, plates, one leaf loose and slightly frayed at edges, original cloth, small ink stain to upper cover, spine worn and faded, 1855 § Bohn (Henry C.) A Guide to the Knowledge of Pottery, Porcelain, and other Objects of Vertu, comprising an Illustrated Catalogue of the Bernal Collection, second edition, plates, one plate & leaf loose, original blind-stamped cloth, spine faded, 1862 § Goode (W.J.) [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of...Old Sèvres Porcelain, prices and buyer's names in manuscript, 1895 § King (H.J.) [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of...Dresden Porcelain, 1914, the last two with photographic plates, original boards, rubbed and soiled, all but the second Christie & Manson; and 6 old Sotheby catalogues of European ceramics, 8vo & 4to (10) ⁂ "To Ralph Bernal, a highly intelligent man trained as a barrister and a Member of Parliament for thirty years, more than to any other single individual in the history of English collecting, we owe the shift of interest among collectors from the work of the artist to the product of the craftsman. Bernal's collection, almost in its entirety, was the stuff museums are made of." It was "probably the greatest collection of ceramics and objets d'art of its time". The English as Collectors pp. 293 & 433. The sale consisted of 4294 lots over 32 days and realised £62,690 18s.