(Ceramics), Édouard Garnier: 'The Soft Porcelain of Sèvres, ...

Hammer

£440

(Ceramics), Édouard Garnier: 'The Soft Porcelain of Sèvres, With An Historical Introduction', London, John C. Nimmo, 1892, 2 volumes, 50 leaves of fine chromolithograph plates heightened in gilt as called for, 32pp letterpress, leaves, plates and captioned tissue guards all loose, a few plates with slight staining/soiling, mainly marginal, and a small number with marginal closed tears (not affecting illustrations), (a/f), some contents jumbled, but all plates present and much if not all else appears present original printed pale green wraps for parts II, III, V, VI, VII, VIII & IX loosely inserted, together with 5 other coloured plates depicting Sèvres porcelain + 1 other unrelated coloured engraved plate, contents all housed loose in two battered contemporary half calf gilt folio volumes. Some of the most beautiful and precious porcelain of all time was made by the Sevres porcelain factory in France. The plates (produced by Sevres) display some of the best products of this golden age of soft-paste porcelain (2)