French Porcelain of the Eighteenth Century (Monographs on Pottery & Porcelain) by W.B. Honey - 1972-02-07

Faber & Faber, London, 1972. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition (ex-library)/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. Foreword by author, foreword to the second edition, again by author, list of plates, acknowledgements, introduction by author, marks, bibliography and index. Colour photographic frontispiece, showing a lidded jug from approximately 1755-60. The text is illustrated with 95 pages of black-and-white photographs – at the rear of the book. Bright blue coloured cloth covered boards red coloured insert to the back strip and within the insert and to the back strip gilt coloured titles. This book was first published in 1950. A look at French porcelain in the 18th century. This book is an ex-library book and has the faults of same: – numerous library stamps are present, but have been covered over using a black coloured marker, including the top and rear text block edges. Remnants of tape can be seen to the endpages and there is softening… Read More

London: Faber & Faber, 1972. Second edition. Octavo. 78 pp; 8 color plates including frontispiece & 96 b/w plates; bibliography; index. Cloth with dust jacket. VG/VG. A clean, unmarked copy; Watson Guptill publisher sticker over Faber imprint on spine of price-clipped jacket, minor soiling to jacket. The authoritative study of the soft-paste wares of Saint-Cloud, Chantilly, Mennecy, Vincennes and Sevres. The author, who was Keeper of the Department of Ceramics at the Victoria and Albert Museum, combines detailed historical information about the factories and their wares with a deep aesthetic appreciation of their rare qualities. First published in 1950, this edition includes four new color plates and the bibliography has been brought up to date. Includes a comprehensive chapter on marks and a short chapter on forgeries.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.