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	AYERS, JOHN Baur Collection (The) - Chinese Ceramics Volume Three Geneva, Switzerland, Collections Baur. 1972. Gilt-Embossed Cloth, 29 x 23 Cms. no.89 of an edition limited to 1,000, printed on fine white vellum - around 150 pages (unpaginated) - in English and French - 505 mostly color illustrations, incl. one with a printed transparent tissue guard which superimposes a plate - the keeper of the Victoria & Albert Museum describes monochrome-glazed porcelains of the Ch'ing dynasty. As new-/As New-. CHF 2500.00 [Appr.: EURO 1652.75 US$ 2477.5 \| £UK 1489 \| JP¥ 218659] Book number: 005000 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BARBIER-MUELLER, JEAN PAUL ET AL Tresors De La Ceramique Precolombienne Geneva ,Switzerland, Barbier-Mueller Museum. 2003. (ISBN: 2850566586) Wrappers, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 344 pages - in French - 100 color plates - published to coincide with the 2003-04 showing at the Barbier-Mueller Museum in Barcelona, Spain of pre-Columbian ceramics, some of them thousands of years old, from North, Central and South America - essays by five specialists on the origins of ceramics on the American continent, techniques of Pre-Columbian ceramics, meanings, the presence of nature, social relations, ritual and religious representations and more - catalogue - notes - chronology - maps - bios. of the authors - bibliography - previous publications. New -. CHF 82.00 [Appr.: EURO 54.25 US$ 81.26 \| £UK 49 \| JP¥ 7172] Book number: 003240 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BARRY, IRIS ET AL Amazonie Precolombienne Milan, Italy, 5 Continents. 2002. (ISBN: 8874390033) Wrappers-, 29 x 24 Cms. 92 pages - in French - 26 color plates and various color and b/w illustrations - map - published to coincide with the 2002 showing at the Barbier-Mueller Museum in Geneva, Switzerland, of precolumbian ceramics from the museum's fine collection - foreword by Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller - essays Conceiçao Gentil-Correa and Iris Barry on Amazonian and Upper Amazonian arts - catalogue - bibliography. New-. CHF 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 US$ 49.55 \| £UK 30 \| JP¥ 4373] Book number: 006218 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BEURDELEY, MICHEL ET AL Ceramique Chinoise (La) Paris, France, Charles Moreau. 2005. (ISBN: 2909458156) Cloth-, 32.5 x 29 Cms. Oblong. 318 pages - in French - 107 color plates and around 200 color, duotone and b/w illustrations and figs. - drawings by Danica Peter - a comprehensive book on Chinese ceramics by a major authority on Far Eastern art, the co-founder of the Connaissance des Arts periodical - the Neolithic, Shang-Yin, Zhou and Royal Warrior eras, the Qin, the Han, the era of the 6 dynasties, the Sui, the Tang, the five dynasties, the Song, the Jin, the Lliao, the Yuan Mongol dynasty, the Ming, the Ming-to-Qing transition period, the Qing dynasty, the India Company's porcelain, and, 19th and early 20th Century Chinese porcelain - appendices - biblio. and index. New-/New-. CHF 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.25 US$ 99.1 \| £UK 59.75 \| JP¥ 8746] Book number: 006345 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BISCHOFBERGER, BRUNO Ettore Sottsass - Ceramics San Francisco, Ca. USA, Chronicle Books. 1996. (ISBN: 0811812987) Cloth-, 30 x 25 Cms. 180 pages - in English - around 150 full-page color illustrations - a chronological description of the ceramics produced by Italian designer Ettore Sottsass (1917-2007), founder of the Memphis design movement - catalogue of the ceramics. New-/New-. CHF 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.5 US$ 69.37 \| £UK 41.75 \| JP¥ 6122] Book number: 008579 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BLAETTLER, ROLAND ET AL Liberation De L'argile (La) - Aux Sources De La Ceramique Contemporaine Americaine Geneva, Switzerland, MusÃ©es D'art et D'histoire GenÃ¨ve. 2000. (ISBN: 283060184X) Wrappers, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 101 pages - text in French - catalogue of an exhibition held at the Museum Ariana in Geneva in 2000 on contemporary American ceramics and more particularly on two collections: the collections of Fred Marer and of the Scripps College in Claremont, California - essays by Roland Blaettler, Mary Davis MacNaughton and Garth Clark - color photographs of the pieces - catalogue of works with notices, bibliography. New -. CHF 38.00 [Appr.: EURO 25.25 US$ 37.66 \| £UK 22.75 \| JP¥ 3324] Book number: 001997 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BLAETTLER, ROLAND Paul Bonifas - Ceramiste Du Purisme Geneva, Switzerland, Musées D'art et D'histoire , Genève. 1997. (ISBN: 2830601521) Cloth, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 154 pages - in French - 88 color illustrations, 74 b/w repros. 10 figures of marks and impressions - published to coincide with 1997 showing in Geneva - several specialists examine the work of noted Swiss ceramist Paul Bonifas (1893-1967) , a purist influenced by Le Corbusier and the New Spirit movement - techniques and applications, early showings - varnished and black-coated earthenware, porcelains, glassworks, bronzes - "for a new architecture", the status of objects, the war years 1939-1945 - list of showings, bibliography and catalogues. New -/New -. CHF 170.00 [Appr.: EURO 112.5 US$ 168.47 \| £UK 101.25 \| JP¥ 14869] Book number: 002085 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BODET, FREDERIC/LACQUEMANT, KARINE Guidette Carbonell - Ceramiques et Tapisseries Paris, France, Norma. 2007. (ISBN: 9782915542103) hardcover-, 31 x 24 Cms. 192 pages - in French - ceramics and tapestries featuring animals and nature by French artist Guidette Carbonell (b.1910) - essays by 4 specialists on Carbonell's spirit and strange consistency, her iconoclast fantasies, her unique style, 1950s abstraction, 1950s figuration, monumental architectural works, a fabulous universe and more , bio. biblio. list of works on display and index. New-/New-. CHF 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 59.5 US$ 89.19 \| £UK 53.75 \| JP¥ 7872] Book number: 006354 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BOJANI, GIAN CARLO ET AL Capolavori Della Collezione Strozzi Sacrata Florence, Italy, Centro Di. 1998. (ISBN: 8870383199) wrappers-, 28.5 x 22 cms. 120 pages - in Italian - one duotone plate, 75 color illustrations and various duotone illustrations - published to coincide with the 1998 showiing at the International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza, Italy, of masterpieces of 15th to 19th Century Majolica ware from the collection of Italy's Strozzi Sacrati family - essays by four specialists on the collection, the Strozzi Sacrati legacy, the family in Ferrara and the rebirth of its collection - catalogue - list of illustrations and bibliography. New-. CHF 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.5 US$ 69.37 \| £UK 41.75 \| JP¥ 6122] Book number: 006342 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CRUEGE, PIERRE Rene Buthaud 1886-1986 Paris, France, L'Amateur. 1996. (ISBN: 2859171959) Cloth, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 203 pages - in French - an interesting monograph on the famous French ceramics artist RenÃ© Buthaud - largely illustrated with color pictures of his works (mainly vases and other objects) - biography with family photographs - description of the artist's techniques - signatures - bibliography. New -/New -. CHF 130.00 [Appr.: EURO 86 US$ 128.83 \| £UK 77.5 \| JP¥ 11370] Book number: 001809 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CURATOLA, GIOVANNI Ceramiche Persiane Milan, Italy, Michail. 1993. Hardcover, 23.5 x 23.5 Square. 104 pages - in Italian - 36 color plates and a b/w map - published to coincide with the 1993 showing in Milan, Italy, of 9th to 14th Century Persian ceramics - catalogue, chronology and bibliography. As new-. CHF 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 US$ 49.55 \| £UK 30 \| JP¥ 4373] Book number: 004737 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CURATOLA, GIOVANNI Persian Ceramics - from the 9th to the 14th Century Milan, Italy, Skira. 2006. (ISBN: 8876247505) Hardcover, 29 x 25 Cms. 184 pages - in English - 113 color plates and various duotone figs. - a fine work on 9th to 14th Century Persian ceramics by a noted Italian archeologist and Islamic art historian, featuring remarkable pieces from various museums as well as previously unpublished ones - essays featuring an analysis of the works from a technical, stylistic and aesthetical point of view - works - tecnical annotations - catalogue - chronology and bibliography. New-/New-. CHF 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.5 US$ 69.37 \| £UK 41.75 \| JP¥ 6122] Book number: 005450 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DE BALANDA, ELISABETH/URIBE ECHEVERRIA, ARMANDO Metamorphoses De l'Azur (Les)- l'Art De l'Azulejo Dans Le Monde Latin Paris, France, Ars Latina. 2002. (ISBN: 2910260089) Cloth, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 470 pages - in French - 204 color illustrations, incl. many plates - a handsomely bound book printed on 150grs. PÃ©rigord paper which explores the dazzling world of tiles and mosaics in the Latin world from the Middle Ages to Art Nouveau and modern times - tile routes in the Latin world; French and Italian ceramic tiles; church steeples in colonial Brazil; tiles of the Spanish Levant and Castillia; Mexico's flamboyant tiles; Lima's royal tiles; the late arrival of Cuban tiles; Gaudi's inventions; the tile renaissance in 20th Century Brazil; the restoration of enamelled pavements - annotated list of illustrations - lexicon. New -/New -. CHF 143.00 [Appr.: EURO 94.75 US$ 141.71 \| £UK 85.25 \| JP¥ 12507] Book number: 002966 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DENNY, WALTER B. Iznik - La Cermique Turque et l'Art Ottoman Paris, France, Citadelles & Mazenod. 2004. (ISBN: 2850882100) Cloth-, 34 x 25.5 cms. 240 pages - in French - over 150 color plates and illustrations - a work on Ottoman ceramics produced in the town of Iznik which took an art historian specialized in Islamic art over 30 years to produce - essays on the roots of Iznik ceramics, the imperial style, tiles, murals, marvellous gardens & forests, metaphors, "people of The Book", historical outrages, Iznik posterity in East and West and more. New-/New-. CHF 120.00 [Appr.: EURO 79.5 US$ 118.92 \| £UK 71.5 \| JP¥ 10496] Book number: 007970 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DREYFUS, DOMINIQUE Emaux De Longwy Paris, France, Massin. (ISBN: 2707201626) Cloth-, 29 x 22 Cms. undated - 96 pages - in French - over 150 color illustrations - a highly visual, annotated presentation of 19th and 20th Century French Longwy enamels. New-/New-. CHF 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.5 US$ 39.64 \| £UK 24 \| JP¥ 3499] Book number: 007783 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	FALINO, JEANNINE ET AL Edge of the Sublime - Enamels By Jamie Bennett New York, Hudson Hills. 2008, First Edition-. (ISBN: 1555952844) Cloth-, 26.5 x 26.5 cms. square-. 144 pages in English - 93 color plates - published to concide with the 2008-2009 American retrospective showings organized by the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, Massachussetts which travelled to museums in New York, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Washington and Arkansas and which featured enamels painted by American artiist Jamie Bennett - essays by Jeannine Falino, Patricia C. Phillips and Karl Emil Willers - plates: jewelry, wall reliefs, paintings and drawings - exhibition checklist, appointments, fellowships, artist residencies, selected lectures, showings, collections, biblio. and index. New-/New-. CHF 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 49.75 US$ 74.33 \| £UK 44.75 \| JP¥ 6560] Book number: 008626 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	FOUREST, H.-P. Ceramique Europeene (La) Paris, France, Nathan. 1983. Cloth, 32 x 25 Cms. 400 pages - in French - 314 color illustrations - a work on European ceramics, from earliest times to the present day - manufacturers and trademarks, biblio. and index. As new-/As New-. CHF 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.75 US$ 59.46 \| £UK 35.75 \| JP¥ 5248] Book number: 005200 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	GABRIEL, JEANNETTE HANISEE Micromosaics - the Gilbert Collection London, England, Philip Wilson. 2000. (ISBN: 9780856675119) gilt-embossed black cloth-, 30.5 x 24 Cms. 312 pages - in English - 197 color illustrations and several dozen mostly color figs. - a detailed description of the micromosaics in the Gilbert Collection of Mosaics at the Los Angeles County Museum - essays by Jeanette H. Gabriel, Anna Maria Massinelli, Judy Rodoe and Massimo Alfieri - virtuosity in miniature mosaics, objects by known artists, tables, pictures, snuffboxes, plaques, jewelry and miscellaneous - appendix: new notes on Giacomo Raffaelli and Michelangelo Barberi - bios. glossary, biblio. exhibition history and index. New-/New-. CHF 80.00 [Appr.: EURO 53 US$ 79.28 \| £UK 47.75 \| JP¥ 6997] Book number: 009386 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	GARNIER, EDOUARD Verrerie et l'Emaillerie Tours, France, Alfred Mame et Fils. 1886. Gilt Embossed Red Cloth, 28 x 20 Cms. slight signs of rubbing along spine, edges and corners - gilt-edged pages - 574 pages - in French - 4 color plates (with tissue guards) and 119 b/w illustrations - a learned work on the, history, art and science of glassmaking and enameling, from ancient times to the 19th Century - Egypt, ancient Gaul, Britain, Germany, medieval enamels, mixed enamels, the German School of Champleves enamels, the School of Limoges, England, 16th Century enamelling, painted enamels, grey enamels, 17th-18th Century French enamelling, 16th to 18th Century foreign enamelling, Oriental enamels, and, 19th Century French enamels. Very Good-. CHF 200.00 [Appr.: EURO 132.25 US$ 198.2 \| £UK 119.25 \| JP¥ 17493] Book number: 006481 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	GOURNAY, ANTOINE/STAUDENMEYER, PIERRE Francine Del Pierre - Fance Franck Paris, Norma. 2004. (ISBN: 2909283895) Cloth, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 160 pages - in French - over 200 color illustrations, incl. many plates and various duotone repros. - a fine book on the legendary Parisian ceramist Francine Del Pierre (1917-1968), and her disciple since 1957, American ceramist Fance Franck (b.1931) who worked with makers of SÃ¨vres ceramics and Japanese Bizen and Arita, makers of delicate Oriental ceramics - F. Del Pierre: before ceramics, discovering clay, the meeting with Leach, Del Pierre's rules, her language, her Orientalism, the workshops and the spread of her works - main texts by Del Pierre - Fance Franck: her ceramics, the workshop, the production game, working with red, the Japanese experience and from one work to another - bibliography - works by F.Franck in public collections - index. New -/New -. CHF 86.00 [Appr.: EURO 57 US$ 85.23 \| £UK 51.25 \| JP¥ 7522] Book number: 002917 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	GUÃ‰NÃ‰, HÃ‰LÃˆNE Odorico - MosaÃ¯ste Art DÃ©co Brussels, Belgium, AAM. 2000. (ISBN: 2871431094) Cloth, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 222 pages - in French - numerous color illustrations - study of the art of mosaics from the 19th century to the Art-Deco period and the 1940's - a study of the mosaics made by Odorico brothers also giving technical details on this art - list of names and index of places. New -/New -. CHF 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 59.5 US$ 89.19 \| £UK 53.75 \| JP¥ 7872] Book number: 001410 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	GUY, JOHN ET AL Vietnamese Ceramics - a Separate Tradition Chicago, USA, Art Media Resources. 1997. (ISBN: 1878529226) gilt-embossed cloth-, 29 x 23 Cms. 424 pages - in English - 452 mostly color illustrations, 19 duotone figs. and 3 maps - a groundbreaking presentation of Vietnamese ceramics featuring over 500 pieces from worldwide collections - essays by 9 curators and scholars - plates - biblio. index and maps. New-/New-. CHF 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 72.75 US$ 109.01 \| £UK 65.75 \| JP¥ 9621] Book number: 008622 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	HEDGECOE, JOHN / SAMAR DAMLUJI, SALMA ET ALII Zillig - l'Art De La Ceramique Marocaine Reading, England, Garnet. 1992. (ISBN: 187393020) Gilt Embossed Cloth-, 31.5 x 25.5 cms. 352 pages - in French - around 400 color illustrations - description of fine Moroccan cut tiles with essays by noted art historians and architects - Fez domestic, Asafi ceramics, the Tetouan school, a geometric study and more - glossary and architectural spaces - map and transliteration tables. new-/new-. CHF 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 99.25 US$ 148.65 \| £UK 89.5 \| JP¥ 13120] Book number: 007893 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	HEDGECOE, JOHN / SAMAR DAMLUJI, SALMA ET ALII ZillÃ¯j, the Art of Moroccan Ceramics London, England, Garnet. 1992. (ISBN: 1873938020) Hard Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 352 pages - text in English - foreword by Jocelyn Stevens, preface by Abdelouahab Benmansour - this book is an outstanding photographic record of Moroccan ceramics and cut tiles, with written contributions from leading art historians and architects specialised in these fields - ZillÃ¯j is the aesthetic art of intricate cut-tile patterns that Moroccan craftmen practise with sophisicated and geometrical precision - color photographs - for version in French of this book, see ISBN 1873938497. New -/New -. CHF 143.00 [Appr.: EURO 94.75 US$ 141.71 \| £UK 85.25 \| JP¥ 12507] Book number: 000900 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	HELLMAN, ASA ET AL Ceramic Art in Finland - a Contemporary Tradition London, England, Thames & Hudson. 2004. (ISBN: 050051187X) cloth-, 29 x 24 Cms. 272 pages - in English - 262 illustrations, incl. 142 in color - a look at the work of over 160 contemporary Finnish artists who work with clay - essays by seven specialists on the Arabia Art Department 1932-2002, ceramic art in modern Finnish architecture, the ceramic artist, the industry, economic realities, the advent of small ceramic workshops in Finland, the new generation and more - terminology, signatures, sources and authors. New-/New-. CHF 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 72.75 US$ 109.01 \| £UK 65.75 \| JP¥ 9621] Book number: 006341 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.

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	AYERS, JOHN Baur Collection (The) - Chinese Ceramics Volume Three Geneva, Switzerland, Collections Baur. 1972. Gilt-Embossed Cloth, 29 x 23 Cms. no.89 of an edition limited to 1,000, printed on fine white vellum - around 150 pages (unpaginated) - in English and French - 505 mostly color illustrations, incl. one with a printed transparent tissue guard which superimposes a plate - the keeper of the Victoria & Albert Museum describes monochrome-glazed porcelains of the Ch'ing dynasty. As new-/As New-. CHF 2500.00 [Appr.: EURO 1652.75 US$ 2477.5 \| £UK 1489 \| JP¥ 218659] Book number: 005000 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BARBIER-MUELLER, JEAN PAUL ET AL Tresors De La Ceramique Precolombienne Geneva ,Switzerland, Barbier-Mueller Museum. 2003. (ISBN: 2850566586) Wrappers, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 344 pages - in French - 100 color plates - published to coincide with the 2003-04 showing at the Barbier-Mueller Museum in Barcelona, Spain of pre-Columbian ceramics, some of them thousands of years old, from North, Central and South America - essays by five specialists on the origins of ceramics on the American continent, techniques of Pre-Columbian ceramics, meanings, the presence of nature, social relations, ritual and religious representations and more - catalogue - notes - chronology - maps - bios. of the authors - bibliography - previous publications. New -. CHF 82.00 [Appr.: EURO 54.25 US$ 81.26 \| £UK 49 \| JP¥ 7172] Book number: 003240 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BARRY, IRIS ET AL Amazonie Precolombienne Milan, Italy, 5 Continents. 2002. (ISBN: 8874390033) Wrappers-, 29 x 24 Cms. 92 pages - in French - 26 color plates and various color and b/w illustrations - map - published to coincide with the 2002 showing at the Barbier-Mueller Museum in Geneva, Switzerland, of precolumbian ceramics from the museum's fine collection - foreword by Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller - essays Conceiçao Gentil-Correa and Iris Barry on Amazonian and Upper Amazonian arts - catalogue - bibliography. New-. CHF 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 US$ 49.55 \| £UK 30 \| JP¥ 4373] Book number: 006218 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BEURDELEY, MICHEL ET AL Ceramique Chinoise (La) Paris, France, Charles Moreau. 2005. (ISBN: 2909458156) Cloth-, 32.5 x 29 Cms. Oblong. 318 pages - in French - 107 color plates and around 200 color, duotone and b/w illustrations and figs. - drawings by Danica Peter - a comprehensive book on Chinese ceramics by a major authority on Far Eastern art, the co-founder of the Connaissance des Arts periodical - the Neolithic, Shang-Yin, Zhou and Royal Warrior eras, the Qin, the Han, the era of the 6 dynasties, the Sui, the Tang, the five dynasties, the Song, the Jin, the Lliao, the Yuan Mongol dynasty, the Ming, the Ming-to-Qing transition period, the Qing dynasty, the India Company's porcelain, and, 19th and early 20th Century Chinese porcelain - appendices - biblio. and index. New-/New-. CHF 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.25 US$ 99.1 \| £UK 59.75 \| JP¥ 8746] Book number: 006345 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BISCHOFBERGER, BRUNO Ettore Sottsass - Ceramics San Francisco, Ca. USA, Chronicle Books. 1996. (ISBN: 0811812987) Cloth-, 30 x 25 Cms. 180 pages - in English - around 150 full-page color illustrations - a chronological description of the ceramics produced by Italian designer Ettore Sottsass (1917-2007), founder of the Memphis design movement - catalogue of the ceramics. New-/New-. CHF 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.5 US$ 69.37 \| £UK 41.75 \| JP¥ 6122] Book number: 008579 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BLAETTLER, ROLAND ET AL Liberation De L'argile (La) - Aux Sources De La Ceramique Contemporaine Americaine Geneva, Switzerland, MusÃ©es D'art et D'histoire GenÃ¨ve. 2000. (ISBN: 283060184X) Wrappers, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 101 pages - text in French - catalogue of an exhibition held at the Museum Ariana in Geneva in 2000 on contemporary American ceramics and more particularly on two collections: the collections of Fred Marer and of the Scripps College in Claremont, California - essays by Roland Blaettler, Mary Davis MacNaughton and Garth Clark - color photographs of the pieces - catalogue of works with notices, bibliography. New -. CHF 38.00 [Appr.: EURO 25.25 US$ 37.66 \| £UK 22.75 \| JP¥ 3324] Book number: 001997 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BLAETTLER, ROLAND Paul Bonifas - Ceramiste Du Purisme Geneva, Switzerland, Musées D'art et D'histoire , Genève. 1997. (ISBN: 2830601521) Cloth, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 154 pages - in French - 88 color illustrations, 74 b/w repros. 10 figures of marks and impressions - published to coincide with 1997 showing in Geneva - several specialists examine the work of noted Swiss ceramist Paul Bonifas (1893-1967) , a purist influenced by Le Corbusier and the New Spirit movement - techniques and applications, early showings - varnished and black-coated earthenware, porcelains, glassworks, bronzes - "for a new architecture", the status of objects, the war years 1939-1945 - list of showings, bibliography and catalogues. New -/New -. CHF 170.00 [Appr.: EURO 112.5 US$ 168.47 \| £UK 101.25 \| JP¥ 14869] Book number: 002085 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BODET, FREDERIC/LACQUEMANT, KARINE Guidette Carbonell - Ceramiques et Tapisseries Paris, France, Norma. 2007. (ISBN: 9782915542103) hardcover-, 31 x 24 Cms. 192 pages - in French - ceramics and tapestries featuring animals and nature by French artist Guidette Carbonell (b.1910) - essays by 4 specialists on Carbonell's spirit and strange consistency, her iconoclast fantasies, her unique style, 1950s abstraction, 1950s figuration, monumental architectural works, a fabulous universe and more , bio. biblio. list of works on display and index. New-/New-. CHF 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 59.5 US$ 89.19 \| £UK 53.75 \| JP¥ 7872] Book number: 006354 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	BOJANI, GIAN CARLO ET AL Capolavori Della Collezione Strozzi Sacrata Florence, Italy, Centro Di. 1998. (ISBN: 8870383199) wrappers-, 28.5 x 22 cms. 120 pages - in Italian - one duotone plate, 75 color illustrations and various duotone illustrations - published to coincide with the 1998 showiing at the International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza, Italy, of masterpieces of 15th to 19th Century Majolica ware from the collection of Italy's Strozzi Sacrati family - essays by four specialists on the collection, the Strozzi Sacrati legacy, the family in Ferrara and the rebirth of its collection - catalogue - list of illustrations and bibliography. New-. CHF 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.5 US$ 69.37 \| £UK 41.75 \| JP¥ 6122] Book number: 006342 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CRUEGE, PIERRE Rene Buthaud 1886-1986 Paris, France, L'Amateur. 1996. (ISBN: 2859171959) Cloth, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 203 pages - in French - an interesting monograph on the famous French ceramics artist RenÃ© Buthaud - largely illustrated with color pictures of his works (mainly vases and other objects) - biography with family photographs - description of the artist's techniques - signatures - bibliography. New -/New -. CHF 130.00 [Appr.: EURO 86 US$ 128.83 \| £UK 77.5 \| JP¥ 11370] Book number: 001809 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CURATOLA, GIOVANNI Ceramiche Persiane Milan, Italy, Michail. 1993. Hardcover, 23.5 x 23.5 Square. 104 pages - in Italian - 36 color plates and a b/w map - published to coincide with the 1993 showing in Milan, Italy, of 9th to 14th Century Persian ceramics - catalogue, chronology and bibliography. As new-. CHF 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 US$ 49.55 \| £UK 30 \| JP¥ 4373] Book number: 004737 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	CURATOLA, GIOVANNI Persian Ceramics - from the 9th to the 14th Century Milan, Italy, Skira. 2006. (ISBN: 8876247505) Hardcover, 29 x 25 Cms. 184 pages - in English - 113 color plates and various duotone figs. - a fine work on 9th to 14th Century Persian ceramics by a noted Italian archeologist and Islamic art historian, featuring remarkable pieces from various museums as well as previously unpublished ones - essays featuring an analysis of the works from a technical, stylistic and aesthetical point of view - works - tecnical annotations - catalogue - chronology and bibliography. New-/New-. CHF 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.5 US$ 69.37 \| £UK 41.75 \| JP¥ 6122] Book number: 005450 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DE BALANDA, ELISABETH/URIBE ECHEVERRIA, ARMANDO Metamorphoses De l'Azur (Les)- l'Art De l'Azulejo Dans Le Monde Latin Paris, France, Ars Latina. 2002. (ISBN: 2910260089) Cloth, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 470 pages - in French - 204 color illustrations, incl. many plates - a handsomely bound book printed on 150grs. PÃ©rigord paper which explores the dazzling world of tiles and mosaics in the Latin world from the Middle Ages to Art Nouveau and modern times - tile routes in the Latin world; French and Italian ceramic tiles; church steeples in colonial Brazil; tiles of the Spanish Levant and Castillia; Mexico's flamboyant tiles; Lima's royal tiles; the late arrival of Cuban tiles; Gaudi's inventions; the tile renaissance in 20th Century Brazil; the restoration of enamelled pavements - annotated list of illustrations - lexicon. New -/New -. CHF 143.00 [Appr.: EURO 94.75 US$ 141.71 \| £UK 85.25 \| JP¥ 12507] Book number: 002966 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DENNY, WALTER B. Iznik - La Cermique Turque et l'Art Ottoman Paris, France, Citadelles & Mazenod. 2004. (ISBN: 2850882100) Cloth-, 34 x 25.5 cms. 240 pages - in French - over 150 color plates and illustrations - a work on Ottoman ceramics produced in the town of Iznik which took an art historian specialized in Islamic art over 30 years to produce - essays on the roots of Iznik ceramics, the imperial style, tiles, murals, marvellous gardens & forests, metaphors, "people of The Book", historical outrages, Iznik posterity in East and West and more. New-/New-. CHF 120.00 [Appr.: EURO 79.5 US$ 118.92 \| £UK 71.5 \| JP¥ 10496] Book number: 007970 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	DREYFUS, DOMINIQUE Emaux De Longwy Paris, France, Massin. (ISBN: 2707201626) Cloth-, 29 x 22 Cms. undated - 96 pages - in French - over 150 color illustrations - a highly visual, annotated presentation of 19th and 20th Century French Longwy enamels. New-/New-. CHF 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.5 US$ 39.64 \| £UK 24 \| JP¥ 3499] Book number: 007783 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	FALINO, JEANNINE ET AL Edge of the Sublime - Enamels By Jamie Bennett New York, Hudson Hills. 2008, First Edition-. (ISBN: 1555952844) Cloth-, 26.5 x 26.5 cms. square-. 144 pages in English - 93 color plates - published to concide with the 2008-2009 American retrospective showings organized by the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, Massachussetts which travelled to museums in New York, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Washington and Arkansas and which featured enamels painted by American artiist Jamie Bennett - essays by Jeannine Falino, Patricia C. Phillips and Karl Emil Willers - plates: jewelry, wall reliefs, paintings and drawings - exhibition checklist, appointments, fellowships, artist residencies, selected lectures, showings, collections, biblio. and index. New-/New-. CHF 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 49.75 US$ 74.33 \| £UK 44.75 \| JP¥ 6560] Book number: 008626 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	FOUREST, H.-P. Ceramique Europeene (La) Paris, France, Nathan. 1983. Cloth, 32 x 25 Cms. 400 pages - in French - 314 color illustrations - a work on European ceramics, from earliest times to the present day - manufacturers and trademarks, biblio. and index. As new-/As New-. CHF 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.75 US$ 59.46 \| £UK 35.75 \| JP¥ 5248] Book number: 005200 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	GABRIEL, JEANNETTE HANISEE Micromosaics - the Gilbert Collection London, England, Philip Wilson. 2000. (ISBN: 9780856675119) gilt-embossed black cloth-, 30.5 x 24 Cms. 312 pages - in English - 197 color illustrations and several dozen mostly color figs. - a detailed description of the micromosaics in the Gilbert Collection of Mosaics at the Los Angeles County Museum - essays by Jeanette H. Gabriel, Anna Maria Massinelli, Judy Rodoe and Massimo Alfieri - virtuosity in miniature mosaics, objects by known artists, tables, pictures, snuffboxes, plaques, jewelry and miscellaneous - appendix: new notes on Giacomo Raffaelli and Michelangelo Barberi - bios. glossary, biblio. exhibition history and index. New-/New-. CHF 80.00 [Appr.: EURO 53 US$ 79.28 \| £UK 47.75 \| JP¥ 6997] Book number: 009386 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	GARNIER, EDOUARD Verrerie et l'Emaillerie Tours, France, Alfred Mame et Fils. 1886. Gilt Embossed Red Cloth, 28 x 20 Cms. slight signs of rubbing along spine, edges and corners - gilt-edged pages - 574 pages - in French - 4 color plates (with tissue guards) and 119 b/w illustrations - a learned work on the, history, art and science of glassmaking and enameling, from ancient times to the 19th Century - Egypt, ancient Gaul, Britain, Germany, medieval enamels, mixed enamels, the German School of Champleves enamels, the School of Limoges, England, 16th Century enamelling, painted enamels, grey enamels, 17th-18th Century French enamelling, 16th to 18th Century foreign enamelling, Oriental enamels, and, 19th Century French enamels. Very Good-. CHF 200.00 [Appr.: EURO 132.25 US$ 198.2 \| £UK 119.25 \| JP¥ 17493] Book number: 006481 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	GOURNAY, ANTOINE/STAUDENMEYER, PIERRE Francine Del Pierre - Fance Franck Paris, Norma. 2004. (ISBN: 2909283895) Cloth, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 160 pages - in French - over 200 color illustrations, incl. many plates and various duotone repros. - a fine book on the legendary Parisian ceramist Francine Del Pierre (1917-1968), and her disciple since 1957, American ceramist Fance Franck (b.1931) who worked with makers of SÃ¨vres ceramics and Japanese Bizen and Arita, makers of delicate Oriental ceramics - F. Del Pierre: before ceramics, discovering clay, the meeting with Leach, Del Pierre's rules, her language, her Orientalism, the workshops and the spread of her works - main texts by Del Pierre - Fance Franck: her ceramics, the workshop, the production game, working with red, the Japanese experience and from one work to another - bibliography - works by F.Franck in public collections - index. New -/New -. CHF 86.00 [Appr.: EURO 57 US$ 85.23 \| £UK 51.25 \| JP¥ 7522] Book number: 002917 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	GUÃ‰NÃ‰, HÃ‰LÃˆNE Odorico - MosaÃ¯ste Art DÃ©co Brussels, Belgium, AAM. 2000. (ISBN: 2871431094) Cloth, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 222 pages - in French - numerous color illustrations - study of the art of mosaics from the 19th century to the Art-Deco period and the 1940's - a study of the mosaics made by Odorico brothers also giving technical details on this art - list of names and index of places. New -/New -. CHF 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 59.5 US$ 89.19 \| £UK 53.75 \| JP¥ 7872] Book number: 001410 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	GUY, JOHN ET AL Vietnamese Ceramics - a Separate Tradition Chicago, USA, Art Media Resources. 1997. (ISBN: 1878529226) gilt-embossed cloth-, 29 x 23 Cms. 424 pages - in English - 452 mostly color illustrations, 19 duotone figs. and 3 maps - a groundbreaking presentation of Vietnamese ceramics featuring over 500 pieces from worldwide collections - essays by 9 curators and scholars - plates - biblio. index and maps. New-/New-. CHF 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 72.75 US$ 109.01 \| £UK 65.75 \| JP¥ 9621] Book number: 008622 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	HEDGECOE, JOHN / SAMAR DAMLUJI, SALMA ET ALII Zillig - l'Art De La Ceramique Marocaine Reading, England, Garnet. 1992. (ISBN: 187393020) Gilt Embossed Cloth-, 31.5 x 25.5 cms. 352 pages - in French - around 400 color illustrations - description of fine Moroccan cut tiles with essays by noted art historians and architects - Fez domestic, Asafi ceramics, the Tetouan school, a geometric study and more - glossary and architectural spaces - map and transliteration tables. new-/new-. CHF 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 99.25 US$ 148.65 \| £UK 89.5 \| JP¥ 13120] Book number: 007893 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	HEDGECOE, JOHN / SAMAR DAMLUJI, SALMA ET ALII ZillÃ¯j, the Art of Moroccan Ceramics London, England, Garnet. 1992. (ISBN: 1873938020) Hard Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 352 pages - text in English - foreword by Jocelyn Stevens, preface by Abdelouahab Benmansour - this book is an outstanding photographic record of Moroccan ceramics and cut tiles, with written contributions from leading art historians and architects specialised in these fields - ZillÃ¯j is the aesthetic art of intricate cut-tile patterns that Moroccan craftmen practise with sophisicated and geometrical precision - color photographs - for version in French of this book, see ISBN 1873938497. New -/New -. CHF 143.00 [Appr.: EURO 94.75 US$ 141.71 \| £UK 85.25 \| JP¥ 12507] Book number: 000900 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.
	HELLMAN, ASA ET AL Ceramic Art in Finland - a Contemporary Tradition London, England, Thames & Hudson. 2004. (ISBN: 050051187X) cloth-, 29 x 24 Cms. 272 pages - in English - 262 illustrations, incl. 142 in color - a look at the work of over 160 contemporary Finnish artists who work with clay - essays by seven specialists on the Arabia Art Department 1932-2002, ceramic art in modern Finnish architecture, the ceramic artist, the industry, economic realities, the advent of small ceramic workshops in Finland, the new generation and more - terminology, signatures, sources and authors. New-/New-. CHF 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 72.75 US$ 109.01 \| £UK 65.75 \| JP¥ 9621] Book number: 006341 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu.