Author: SCAVIZZI, GIUSEPPE
Title: Maiolica, Delft and Faience.
Description: London : Hamlyn, 1970.. 158 p., 70 Plates in Full Colour SOFTCOVER: (Orig. pict. wrpprs .Spine under lightly frayed. Name stamp on end paper. VERY GOOD) ¶ Tin-glazed earthenware changes its name according to its place of manufacture: in Italy it is maiolica, in Holland & England, delftware and France, faience. Original Italian title: 'Maioliche dal Rinascimento ad oggi' (1966). Translated by Peter Locke. An excellent study of tin-glazed earthenware in the different countries that produce it. Contents: I). Introduction. II). Italy. 1). The Renaissance. 2). Faenza and its rivals. 3). The 17th century. 4). The 18th century. III). Spain. IV). The Low Countries. V). France. VI). England and Germany. VII). Modern times.

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