Devon (England) -- Antiquities; Devon (England) -- History
Edited by the Rev. COMPTON READE, M.A., Author of “Vera Effigies,” “A
Memoir of Charles Reade, D.C.L.,” &c., &c. Dedicated by kind
permission to John Hungerford Arkwright, Esq., Lord Lieutenant of the
County. Demy 8vo, handsome binding, cloth extra, gilt top. With many
illustrations. Price =15/-= net.
The list of Contributors includes The Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of
HEREFORD, Rev. Custos DUNCOMBE, Right Rev. Prior CUMMINS, and other
eminent writers.
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_OTHER VOLUMES IN PREPARATION._
=HISTORY OF OLD ENGLISH PORCELAIN | AND ITS MANUFACTORIES.=
With an Artistic, Industrial and Critical Appreciation of their
Productions. By M. L. SOLON, the well-known Potter Artist and
Collector. In One handsome Volume, Royal 8vo, well printed in clear
type on good paper, and beautifully illustrated with 20 full-page
Coloured Collotype and Photo-Chromotype Plates and 48 Collotype Plates
on Tint. Artistically bound. Price £=2= =12=s. =6=d. net.
“Mr. Solon writes not only with the authority of the master of
technique, but likewise with that of the accomplished artist, whose
exquisite creations command the admiration of the connoisseurs of
to-day.”—_Athenæum._
“Like the contents and the illustrations, the whole get-up of the book
is excellent to a degree which is not often met with even in English
books. Those who are interested from any point of view in the history of
English bone porcelain may be warmly recommended to study the book,
which is a real mine of information and a beautiful work of
art.”—_Tonindustrie-Zeitung, Berlin._
“Written in a very clear and lucid style, it is a practically exhaustive
account of the evolution of English Porcelain.”—_Connoisseur._
=THE ART OF THE OLD ENGLISH POTTER.=
By M. L. SOLON. An Account of the Progress of the Craft in England
from the earliest period to the middle of the eighteenth century. The
work forms a handsome volume in imperial quarto, printed on Dutch
hand-made paper, with 50 Plates etched on copper by the Author. Only
250 copies were printed, and the plates destroyed after publication.
Messrs. Bemrose & Sons, Ltd., have a few copies left, which are
offered at =105/-= each net.
=Second Edition, Revised.= With an Appendix on Foreign imitations of
English Earthenware. Illustrated by the Author. Demy 8vo, cloth, price
=10/6=; large paper, =21/-=.
=THE CERAMICS OF SWANSEA AND NANTGARW.=
A History of the Factories. With Biographical Notices of the Artists
and others, Notes on the Merits of the Porcelains, the marks thereon,
&c. By WILLIAM TURNER, F.S.S. Also an Appendix on the Mannerisms of
the Artists, by ROBERT DRANE, F.L.S. Illustrated with Collotype
Plates, plain and coloured, and half-tone engravings. Crown 4to,
buckram. Price =63/-= net. _Only a few copies left._
“A welcome contribution to the already large library of potters and
lovers of pots.”—_Athenæum._
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