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PORCELAIN: The Smithsonian Illustrated Library of Antiques
by Patterson, Jerry E
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
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About This Item
Washingotn, D.C.,: Cooper-Hewitt Museum, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition First Printing. Hardcover Quarto in Very Good Condition with a Good+ Dust Jacket. Archival protective jacket cover. Beautifully illustrated with 30 color plates and 105 b/w photographs. Very clean, tight and solid volume, with a half inch scuff on the lower edge of the front board, near the spine heel. Interior pristine. Jacket with no edgewear, with light soiling. Contents include illustrations and information on early porcelain of the Far East, oriental porcelain in Europe, the first European porcelain, Rococo Porcelain, porcelain in the 19th century on the Continent, England, Ireland and America, and advice for porcelain collectors. 128 pages, indexed, with Glossary, Bibliography, Reading and Reference, and a List of some public collections of prints. 9 x 11" tall. 128 pages. 1979, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Washington, DC
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- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017701
- Title
- PORCELAIN: The Smithsonian Illustrated Library of Antiques
- Author
- Patterson, Jerry E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Cooper-Hewitt Museum
- Place of Publication
- Washingotn, D.C.,
- Date Published
- 1979
- Size
- 4to - over 9?" - 12" t
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- EARLY PORCELAIN-FAR EAST; ORIENTAL PORCELAIN; ROCOCO COLLECTORS; COLLECTING; ANTIQUES; SEVRES (FRANCE); MEISSEN GERMANY); COPENHAGEN; BING & GRONDAHL (DENMARK);
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- Antiques & Collectibles;
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