Ceramics, Glass, Metal & Woodwork

1925 PARIS.

Encyclopedie des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes au XXeme Siecle.

Paris. Imprimerie Nationale. ca. 1930. 9 vols. 4to. pp. 119; 103; 113; 107; 103; 107; 105; 109; 107; 115 96 hors texte plates in monochrome or colour in each volume, printed on rectos only. Publisher's half parchment, worn on hinges, rubbed on head and base of spines, parchment chipped with 2 slight losses. Internally fine.

One of the finest illustrated surveys ever produced on any of the great International Exhibitions, it is printed throughout on verges d'arches with photographic reproductions of exceptional quality.

£1,200

ref: 33548

ADAMS, Elizabeth & David Redstone.

Bow Porcelain.

London. Faber and Faber. 1981. 8vo. pp. 251. Illustrated throughout in monochrome and colour. Cloth, dust jacket. Fine.

£15

ref: 25648

BAROVIER, Marino.

Venetian Art Glass. An American Collection 1840-1970.

Stuttgart. Arnoldsche. 2004. 4to. pp. 352. 300 colour plates. 157 black and white illustrations. Cloth. Dust jacket.

The survey is based on the collection of Donna and Neil Weisman.

£25

ref: 32356

BARRADAS, Jose Perez de.

Orfebreria Prehispanica de Colombia. Estilo Calima.

Madrid. 1954. 4to. 2 vols. pp. xvi, 367; 19. Plate volume with 300 fine black-and-white photographic plates; text volume with 20 colour plates & 201 illustrations. Publisher's cloth.

Well-illustrated study of Pre-Hispanic Columbian gold ornaments and jewellery drawn from the collection of the Museo del Oro del Banco de la Republica in Bogota. Examines each of the decorative forms in detail.

£45

ref: 16577

BARRADAS, Jose Perez de.

Orfebreria Prehispanica de Colombia. Estilo Tolima y Muisca.

Madrid. 1958. 4to. 2 vols. pp. xv, 385; 20. Plate volume with 287 fine black-and-white photographic plates; text volume with 10 colour plates & 145 illustrations. Publisher's cloth.

Well-illustrated study of Pre-Hispanic Columbian bronze and other metallic ornaments and jewellery drawn from the collection of the Museo del Oro del Banco de la Republica in Bogota. Examines each of the decorative forms in detail.

£45

ref: 16578

BAUMGARTNER, Sabine.

Portratglaser. Das glaserne Bildnis aus drei Jahrhunderten.

Munich. Bruckmann. 1981. 4to. 280 pp. 433 colour & monochrome illustrations. Cloth, dust jacket.

£24

ref: 11146

BAUR COLLECTION. Ayers, John.

Japanese Ceramics.

Geneva. Collections Baur. 1982. 29 x 23cm pp. Illustrated throughout in black & whote and colour. Hardback in dust jacket. Fine.

Edition limited to 1500 copies. Fully illustrated catalogue of the Baur Collection of Japanese ceramics.

£90

ref: 36972

BAUR COLLECTION. Ayers, John.

The Baur Collection Geneva: Chinese Ceramics. Vol 1: T'ang and Sung. Vol. 2: Ming. Vol. 3: Ch'ing/ Vol. 4: Ch'ing.

Geneva. Collections Baur. 1968-82. 4vols. 29 x 23cm. Introductory texts to each volume. Every piece illustrated in colour or monochrome and fully catalogued. Cloth, dust jackets. Fine. With a signed dedication on the first half title from the President of the Baur Foundation.

Complete set of the catalogue raisonne of the Chinese ceramics limited to 1100 copies.

£1,250

ref: 36974

BERLIN PORCELAIN. Lenz, Georg.

Berliner Porzellan die Manufaktur Friedrichs des Grossen 1763-1786.

Berlin. Hobbing. 1913. 2 vols. Folio. pp. 78, 44 . 162 plates in colour and monochrome printed on rectos only, each with a leaf of text. Original morocco-backed cloth. With the engraved book plate of Karl Bittner.

£1,800

ref: 26149

BOCK, Dr. Franz.

Die Kleinodien des Heil-Romischen Reiches Deutscher Nation nebst den Kroninsignien Bohmens Ungarns und der Lombardei.

Vienna. Aus der Kaiserlich-Koniglichen Hof-und Staatsdruckerei. 1864. 2 vols. folio. (text and ... (more)

A finely produced record of sacred objects, textiles, swords and decorative panels.

£2,000

ref: 33526

BOHAN, Peter & Philip Hammerslough.

Early Connecticut Silver, 1700-1840.

Middletown. Wesleyan University Press. 1970. 4to. pp. 290. 184 plates; facsimiles of makers' marks. Cloth, dust jacket.

£18

ref: 12612

BOULTON. Mason, Shena (editor).

Matthew Boulton. Selling what all the world desires.

New Haven and London. Birmingham City Council is association with Yale University Press. 2009. 29.5 x 25.5cm pp. 258. Illustrated throughout in colour. Hardback in dust jacket. New.

Catalogue of the exhibition organised by the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.

£40

ref: 35566

BULGARI, Costantino

Argentieri Gemmari e Orafi d'Italia. Partie prima - Roma. [vol. 2 only].

Rome. Fratelli Palombi. 1980 4to. pp. 633. 34 colour and monochrome plates; drawings and hundreds of makers' marks reproduced in the text. Cloth, dust jacket.

The reprint of the second volume only of Part One of this authoritative work which includes ... (more)

£220

ref: 25367

BURKS, Jean M (editor).

Shaker Design. Out of this world.

London and New Haven. Yale University Press. 2008. 4to. pp. 246. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Cloth, dust jacket.

The book's contributors discuss Shaker design in relation to the furniture they constructed, the ... (more)

£50

ref: 32754

BURLINGTON FINE ARTS CLUB Higgins, Alfred (Introduction).

Catalogue of a Collection of European Enamels, from the Earliest date to the End of the XVII. Century.

London. Burlington Fine Arts Club. 1897. Folio. xxxi, 82 pp. Folded frontispiece & 72 colour & monochrome plates, printed on rectos only, each with its own guardleaf. Cloth, spine faded, with staining to covers. Internally fine.

£75

ref: 11253