[Rarebooks] fs: More Better Books on Ceramics

[Joslin Hall Rare Books, ABAA]

we know you've been waiting, and now it's finally here...

->   It's ~ CERAMICS WEEK ~ at JOSLIN HALL <-

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-Our newest printed catalog -"Books on Ceramics" is now available.
If you would like a copy please let us know.

-We will be featuring ceramics-related material on our blog this week-
<http://foggygates.blogspot.com/>
today's blog is about the 1870s artist who collected pottery back when 
pottery wasn't cool...

and now for today's books, from our new catalog-

Hayden, Arthur. ROYAL COPENHAGEN PORCELAIN. ITS HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT 
FROM THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT DAY. London; T. Fisher Unwin: 
1911. A massive, well illustrated survey of Royal Copenhagen and its works 
over the last two hundred years, including the Fournier Period of 
soft-paste [1760-1766]; the Muller Period of hard-paste [1773-1810]; the 
"Decadent Period" [the 19th century well, this was written in 1911, when 
nothing good was admitted to have happened in the 19th century] and the 
"Modern Renaissance". The illustrations drew on the royal collections of 
England, Germany, Russia,
Denmark and Greece, and also the private collections of Morgan, Franks and 
others. Certainly the ultimate Royal Copenhagen book, and elegantly set up 
and designed to boot -a real pleasure. Not to be confused with the much 
smaller "Chats on" book also by Hayden.  Hardcover. 9"x11.5", 452 pages, 5 
color and 137 b/w illustrations; original grey and cream cloth with gilt 
titles and an impressed Royal Copenhagen crown. Light cover soil, and wear, 
hinges ever so lightly shaken; former owner's large but not unpleasing ink 
inscription of presentation on the endpaper (ca.1911).  [08705]  $300.00

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Knight, H.H. and Egbert Moxham. SPECIMENS OF INLAID TILES HERALDIC AND 
GEOMETRICAL FROM NEATH ABBEY, GLAMORGANSHIRE. Edinburgh; Committee of the 
Neath Philosophical Institution: nd (Solon says 1850, and this seems about 
right).

These beautiful and striking Medieval pavements were discovered in 1848, 
and included tiles emblazoned with the arms of noble families of 
Glamorganshire. A Norman, Richard de Granville, established Neath Abbey in 
1130 and it became a Cistercian Abbey in 1147, gradually growing in size 
and wealth, with estates in Devon, Glamorgan and Somerset. Tudor historian 
John Leland called it "The fairest Abbey in all Wales" just before it was 
dissolved by Henry VIII in 1539. A few years later it came into the 
possession of Sir Richard Williams, who, with his son, converted it into a 
grand estate.

Later there was a copper smelting works on the property, but the Victorian 
era and 20th century saw a gradual restoration of the ruins, and the 
uncovering of the Medieval tiles. The text of this study was written by 
Rev. Knight, rector of Neath, who identifies many of the families whose 
arms are represented. The beautiful red and yellow plates are interesting 
early examples of Scottish chromolithography, and were reproduced from 
drawings by Moxham, an architect. This was evidently the Earl of Jersey's 
copy, his name appearing in pencil on the pastedown; he is also listed as a 
subscriber.

Hardcover. 22"x15", with a beautiful and elaborate lithographed scenic 
title page, dedication page, list of subscribers, and 27 pages of text plus 
8 plates, the first a tinted view of the Abbey, the second a floor plan 
with inset details, plates 3-7 beautiful chromolithographed plates of the 
tiles themselves, in red and yellow tones, the last plate another tinted 
plate of the Abby by moonlight. Bound in at the back is a lithographed 
Prospectus for the limited 2nd edition of a history of the Charters of the 
Abbey. Original cloth, covers with light rubbing and wear, corners bumped; 
light scattered internal foxing, a few small wormholes near the margins, 
but overall a nice copy. [08708]  $850.00

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Koyama, Fujio (ed.). CHINESE CERAMICS. ONE HUNDRED SELECTED MASTERPIECES 
FROM COLLECTIONS IN JAPAN, ENGLAND, FRANCE AND AMERICA. Tokyo; The Nihon 
Keizai: 1960.  The elegant catalog to this important exhibition held at the 
Takashimaya Department Store in Tokyo under the auspices of the Nihon 
Keizai Shimbun, which drew examples from public and private collections 
around the world. Among the supporters of the exhibition were Sir Harry 
Garner, Eugene Bernat, Edward T. Chow, and Sir Percival David. Japanese 
text with an English introduction and English plate captions. Hardcover. 
10.5"x12.5", v + 62 pages, with b/w illustrations, plus 112 plates, 
including 32 tipped-in color plates; slipcased. Gold cloth covers with 
light soil, else a fine copy in a very nice slipcase.  [06389]  $125.00

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Tomorrow- *More* More Better Books...



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