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Sale 472: Rare Books & Manuscripts (Monday after S.F. Book Fair) (#472) 02/06/2012 11:00 AM PST Closed
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Lot #61 The Keramic Gallery, Containing Several Hundred Illustrations of Rare, Curious and Choice Examples of Pottery and Porcelain from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Present Century

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$187.50

Estimate: $300 - $500

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Title:

The Keramic Gallery, Containing Several Hundred Illustrations of Rare, Curious and Choice Examples of Pottery and Porcelain from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Present Century

Author:

Chaffers, William

Place Published:

London

Publisher:

Chapman & Hall

Date Published:

1872

Description:

2 volumes. xxviii, 104; [iv], (105)-228 pp. 227 mounted Woodburytype photographs showing 468 objects. (8vo) 24.4x15.5 cm. (9½x6¼") period brown half morocco and marbled boards, spines lettered in gilt, top edges gilt. First Edition.

An early and extensive use of the Woodburytype process of reproducing photographic images developed by Walter B. Woodbury in 1864.

Condition:

Extremities rubbed; rippling to plates; very good.

Item#:

223578

Headline:

William Chaffers The Keramic Gallery
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