Huge 1911 Chinese Porcelain & Hard Stones 2 vol Book 254 Color Plates RARE OCT13

  

Huge 1911 Chinese Porcelain & Hard Stones 2 vol Book 254 Color Plates RARE OCT13. 1911 Chinese Porcelain & Hard Stones. 2 Vol Set Chinese Porcelain.

Massive 2 Volume set surveys rare Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stone and features an expansive library of color photographic plates representing the finest collections. Winner: please wait for invoice.

Please mouse over a thumbnail. Bluewater Vintage trades antique, vintage, and modern artifacts in many forms: art, furniture, fashion, music, textiles, machinery, curios, toys, militaria, cultural ephemera, sporting memorabilia, film, etc. Ranging from the iconic to the sublime. Many of our items are sourced from a small network of reputable local dealers with decades of experience true experts in the field. Incredible detailed survey and illustrative document on Chinsese Porcelain in this massive two volume limited First edition "Chinese Porcelain and hard stones", by Edgar Gorer and J.

Blacker, published by Bernard Quaritch, London, 1911. Features 254 eye popping and gorgeously reproduced photographic plates each with unpaginated text page in English and French fully classifying and describing these beautiful works. A must for serious collectors of Chinese porcelain and Antiquarian book collectors alike. From the book: "the illustrations, of which there are 254 pages, sets, and groups as one, include the rarest, finest, and most precious examples that have issued from the potter's hands". Book Details : Thick 2 Volumes, Hard Cover, small Folio 12.5"x10.5", Gd to VG.

Limited First Edition of 1,000 copies this is copy #829, hand numbered on the colophon. White buckram boards gilt stamped with title lettering and illustration, and gilt lettering on spines, gilt top edges.

Pages are printed on one side only, each piece is fully described and illustrated by full page coloured plate on opposing page, with tissue-guards separating. Some plates have extended tri-folds.

Ex-Library reference, stamps and hand written numbers inside and Ref numbers on spine, label or bookplate paste remnant on end papers. Soiling on covers, neat cloth tape repairs/reinforcement to hinges, spine wear/chipping, scuffs, rubbing, some page tanning, Plates are very fine, a small dab of sticky substance effecting 1 plate/2 pages, bumped corners, fraying on spine ends. Contents in good to very good overall condition for this amazing compendium on Chinese Porcelain. Please ask, we are happy to help. Your intrepid treasure seeker here with a deceptively simple question. What's in an object? The motive and pedigree for two. The ideals of an era for three. Objects record human existence and you can learn a lot by studying them. Cherish it or throw it away. And different people are likely to do either given the same object. Like a book, an object reveals the mind of it's author, at least to those who take the time to examine it. It links the human element to the material. There's love buried in there, and frustration too. Object quality is an interesting window into the values held by civilizations, cultures, and yes, "brands" too. Example: Those early Jags were something (synergy) and still are (value). Revamped by new British owners bent on preserving the brand (integrity and vision) the Jag now looks pretty hot again (rebirth). If you'd never heard of Jaguar you'd know their whole back story by examining the evolution of their objects. The best objects transcend time and their component parts to become'classics'.

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Unauthorized use of this original content, including photos, copy, code, or templates is strictly prohibited. The item "Huge 1911 Chinese Porcelain & Hard Stones 2 vol Book 254 Color Plates RARE OCT13" is in sale since Wednesday, August 22, 2018.

This item is in the category "Books\Antiquarian & Collectible". The seller is "bluewater729" and is located in Barrington, Rhode Island. This item can be shipped to United States, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, South africa, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Colombia, Panama, Jamaica, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman islands, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion.

• Year Printed: 1911
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
• Topic: Decorative Art
• Binding: Hardcover, Cloth
• Author: Edgar Gorer & J. Blacker
• Subject: Chinese Porcelain
• Original/Facsimile: Original
• Language: English and French
• Publisher: Bernard Quaritch
• Place of Publication: London
• Special Attributes: 1st Edition