Author: Bles, Joseph Title: Rare English Glasses of the XVII & XVIII Centuries
Description: London, Geoffrey Bles, 1924. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on front cover and spine; three mounted illustrations on frontispiece with protective tissue guard. untrimmed pages, 269 pp; 100 mounted plates with tissue guards. Tan paper jacket with navy lettering. Contents include: Description of Frontispiece; Foreword; Introduction by Bernard Rackham; The Royal Oak Goblet; Glass of Lead; Diamond Point Engraving; Jacobite Glasses; King William and Anti-Jacobite Glasses; Commemorative Glass by Sir J.S. Risley C.C.M.G.; Enamelled Glass; Sweetmeat Glasses and Others: Candlesticks and Tapersticks; Rare Drinking Glasses and Cut Glass. Good+ (binding is tight, covers are lightly scuffed but clean. foxing spots on pages and block but plates and text are otherwise clear. Dust jacket has overall wear and aging) .
Keywords: European Decorative Arts ; Great Britain Glassware ; ; Glass - European
Price: US$ 225.00 Seller: Kevin Mullen, Bookseller
- Book number: 183129
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