Author: MATTHEWS, LESLIE G.,
Title: The Antiques of Perfume. [First edition].
Description: London, Bell & Sons, 1973. Original cloth, gilded lettered spine, dustjacket. (xii), 88pp. Numerous captioned monochrome illustrations of antique scent and perfume bottles, incent holders, on 18 photo plates, concise list of museum and private collections, select bibliography, index, table of contents. Detailed english language survey of antique containers, flacons, and scent bottles associated with perfumery from important present-day collections with richly gold containers, embellished with enamels embellished by famous artists. Very fine copy WITH dustjacket. A MUST for collectors. (price clipped from inner front flap of dustjacket).

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