[Rarebooks] F/S: Ceramics and Faience

[naturama at tin.it]

Ris Paquot  
Histoire Generale De La Faience Ancienne Francaise et Etrangere 
Consideree Dans Son 
Histoire Sa Nature Ses Formes et Sa Deccoration 
Amiens and Paris, Chez L'Auteur; Librairie A. Raphael 
Simon, 1874-76
First Edition.  2 volumes (text+atlas) half leather. Fine. Elephant 
Folio,  pp. (4)-237-(3)-(4) with 200 color plates (chromolitography), 
and 1400 marks and monograms. Limited edition copy no. 268 of 305,  
signed by Ris Paquot  One of the most beautiful books ever produced 
about ceramics and faience.  The chromolithos was retouched by hand. 
Minimal vague spot foxing
EURO 2,000