Pottery & Porcelain

Title: Pottery & Porcelain

Author: Hannover, Emil; Rackham, Bernard (ed.)

Publication: London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1925.

Description: First English language edition of this guide for collectors of pottery and porcelain. Rare complete three-volume set with the original dust jackets. Numerous illustrations throughout in black-and-white, as well as color plates with descriptive tissue guards. Printed by Richard Clay and Sons. Bound in blue publisher's cloth, with a blind-stamped front cover and gilt spine. In original light blue dust jackets printed in black. Vol. I: Europe and the Near East: [2], 589, [3] pages (last leaf blank), VI leaves of plates. Vol. II: The Far East: [4], 287, [1] pages (first leaf blank), II leaves of plates. Vol. III: European Porcelain: [4], 571, [1] pages, II leaves of plates. 10.25 x 7 inches. Bindings with mild wear at the extremities; dust jackets with tanned spines and some wear at the spine ends and corners; the interior especially bright and clean. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jackets. An attractive and collectible copy of "a standard earlier work" on this subject (Arntzen/Rainwater, P271).

References: Arntzen, Etta, and Robert Rainwater. Guide to the Literature: Art History. American Library Association, 1980.