Lady Charlotte Schreiber's Journals. Confidences of a Collector of Ceramics & Antiques throughout Britain, France, Holland, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Austria and Germany from the year 1869-1885
by Schreiber, Lady Charlotte
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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About This Item
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1911 2 volumes. First edition. Edited by Her Son, Montague J. Guest. Annotations by Egan Mew. Thick royal octavo. Pp. xl, [2], 503 + xiii, [3], 542 plus upwards of 100 plates showing hundreds of items, including 8 plates in color and one in photogravure. Index. Dark blue cloth lettered in gilt on spines and front covers, pictorial elements in white, top edges gilt. Light extremity rubbing, two corners jammed, short half inch tear to upper front hinge of volume II. A very good set. These two volumes give a fascinating account of the journeys of Lady Charlotte Schreiber in her indefatigable search for ceramics and other objects for over 15 years in the late 19th Century. The English portion of her collection, consisting of 2,000 pieces, was presented to the South Kensington Museum (now the Victoria and Albert) where it is known as the "Schreiber Collection." Lady Charlotte was a remarkable woman. She was first married to Sir John Guest, who owned the steel works at Dowlais in S. Wales, and when he died she continued to run the business. She then married her son's young tutor, Charles Schreiber, and it was with him that she traveled the continent collecting..
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- Bookseller
- Argonaut Book Shop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5005
- Title
- Lady Charlotte Schreiber's Journals. Confidences of a Collector of Ceramics & Antiques throughout Britain, France, Holland, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Austria and Germany from the year 1869-1885
- Author
- Schreiber, Lady Charlotte
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Lane, The Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1911
- Keywords
- Ceramics, Porcelain, China, Lady Schreiber
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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