Author: Albert Jacquemart; Mrs. Bury Palliser [trans.]
Title: History of the Ceramic Art a Descriptive and Philosophical Study of the Pottery of All Ages and All Nations
Description: London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1877. Leather. A comprehensive history of ceramic art by art historian Albert Jacquemart, with lovely illustrations by his son Jules Jacquemart. The second edition of this work, in a quarter calf binding. Library stickers to the paste downs and front free end paper. Blind-embossed library stamps to the plates, the first few pages and the last page. Small ink inscription to the title page. Illustrated with 12 stunning steel-etched plates of ceramics, and numerous wood-engravings accompanying the text, including illustrations of marks and mongrams. Collated complete. Albert Jacquemart (1808-1875) was a French writer, art historian and naturalist. In this volume, he provides a comprehensive history of ceramic art, from the pottery of ancient Egypt to nineteenth-century faïence and porcelain. This work is illustrated with steel-etched plates by his son, the printmaker Jules Jacquemart. In a quarter calf binding. Externally smart, with a faint mark to the rear board and a little rubbing to the spine, partly due perhaps to sticky tape since removed. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for the odd spot throughout. Very Good . Ill.: H. Catenacci; Jules Jacquemart. Very Good .

Keywords: Ceramics Pottery Art Art history Pottery H. Catenacci; Jules Jacquemart


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