William Burton; Percy Bate; W. Pitcairn Knowles - Porcelain: Its Nature Art and Manufacture; English Table Glass; Dutch Pottery and Porcelain

London, B. T. Batsford , 1906-1913. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful selection of books that each offer a richly illustrated study of various ceramics, glasswork and pottery. A set of three works from the publisher's Collector's Library, each offering fascinating looks at a range of antique ceramics and other collectibles. 'Dutch Pottery' is a reissue, with the other two works being first editions. Each volume bound in the publisher's original cloth. The entirety of the set contains the following: Porcelain: Its Nature Art and Manufacture (1906) by William Burton - With fifty monochrome plates.Content includes the techniques and process of porcelain, its earliest examples in China, as well as examples from Japan, Holland, Russia, Spain and much more. English Table Glass (1913) by Percy Bate - With sixty-seven plates. Content includes glasses from as early as the sixteenth and seventeenth century, examples of wine glasses, as well as objects such as goblets, candlesticks, and methods of decoration. Dutch Pottery and Porcelain (1913) by W. Pitcairn Knowles - A reissue. With fifty-four plates, including a coloured frontispiece. Content includes overviews of the pottery and porcelain of Haarlem, Amsterdam, Utrecht, the Guild of St. Luke and masters and factories. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally, smart. With rubbing and bumping to the extremities, heaviest to the spine head and tail of 'Porcelain&apos. Fading to the spine of 'Dutch Pottery' and 'English Table&apos. Gilt text to the front boards of 'Porcelain' and 'Dutch Pottery' has faded. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting to the endpapers and the odd spot to 'English Table' and 'Porcelain&apos. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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