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1873Best.-Nr. 43745Chalon-sur-Saône; Paris: J. Dejussieu; Maisonneuve et Cie 1873. First edition. Hardcover. g to g. Quarto 10 1/4 x 7". 6 285 3pp Vol. 1; 2 ii 317 1pp Vol. 2. Uncut. Modern olive cloth with gold lettering to spine. Top edge gilt. Publisher's logo to each title. Lavishly illustrated throughout with 30 plates mostly folded this third series of Chabas' "Mélanges Égyptologiques" comprises the latest studies on Egyptology. Some articles written in collaboration with Egyptologists Samuel Birch Charles Wycliffe Goodwin Rev. P. J. de Horrack and Eugène Lefébure. Minor shelfwear to binding. Ex-library copy with bookplate on inside of front cover reference number at rear and stamp at upper and lower paper edges. Some foxing and age-toning to very first leaves. Previous owner's name at upper margin of the first two title pages. Titles slightly brittling along edges. Sporadic annotations in pencil throughout easily erasable. Text in French. Binding and interior in overall good to good condition. About the author: François Joseph Chabas 1817-1882 was a French Egyptologist who came from a modest background studied at Chalon and became a wine merchant. Self-taught Chabas learned Latin Greek and other languages. Interested in anthropology he turned to study Old Egyptian languages. Chabas was a member of several learned societies and later president of the Conseil departemental of Saône-et-Loire. Between 1876 and 1880 he edited the journal "L'Égyptologie." His works have contributed much to elucidate the history of the invasion and repulsion of the Hyksos in Egypt. Chabas was elected a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1865. From Wikipedia. J. Dejussieu; Maisonneuve et Cie hardcover
1926Best.-Nr. 106j3076Garden City NY: Garden City Publishing Co. Inc. Good with no dust jacket. Reprint. Hardcover. "The effect of the volume is less that of a written book than it is that of a man sitting near you at his ease and talking earnestly and with a curious sort of impersonal objective attitude about his life the principles of living and working upon which he has based his success his convictions about how the work of the world might be done with more efficiency and more happiness." - New York Times. "I believe that the business man who reads this book understandingly with an open mind and with a resolute adjournment of all prejudice will find in it the key to a great public servant and a great private fortune - a guidebook of sound business principles." - Edward A. Filene in The Nation. 8 289 pp. Index. Black and white photographic frontispiece portrait of Mr. Ford. While copyright page states 1922 this is a reprint probably 1926 of the 1922 Doubleday Page & Company first edition. Tight and unmarked with moderate wear to the original black cloth. Includes replica dust jacket in glossy new archival-grade protection. A quality example of this the life story of probably America's greatest industrialist. A special gift for any aspiring magnate. Weems p. 148; Star Series; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall . 1926. Garden City Publishing Co., Inc. hardcover
1996Best.-Nr. L3 box687 a11The Law of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. By M. Cherif Bassiouni; With the Collaboration of Peter Mauikas. 1996 by Transnational Publishers Inc. Hardcover 1126 pages. Transnational Publishers, Inc. hardcover
Best.-Nr. L1 b106, L3 b72, b110 m8uThe Molecular Theory of Solutions by I. Prigogine with the Collaboration of A. Bellemans and V. Mathot. 1957 North-Holland Publishing Co. Hardcover 448 pp. In L1 box106 L3 box72 L3 box110. North-Holland Publishing Co. hardcover
1987Best.-Nr. 825BKodansha Ltd. Japan 1987 Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Japanese text.; Hardcover leather deluxe edition 2 Volumes in slipcase - inside a carton box; 26.5 x 37 cm without slipcase. Slipcase 28.5 x 39.5 x 10 cm; 9 Kg.; Volume I - ISBN 4062008130 278 pages.; Volume 2 -ISBN 4062008149 248 pages.: Colour and black and white illustrations throughout.; As new with minor handling signs. The carton box show some handling signs namely some bumps. The slipcase shows minor signs of wear on the exterior. Interior of both volumes looks new.; LIMITED EDITION OF 1500 COPIES OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 688. SCARCE AND VERY HARD TO FIND.; Japanese edition of Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum Istanbul: A Complete Catalogue which was published in 3 VOLUMES in English by Philip Wilson Publishers London for Sotheby's Publications in 1986. The Japanese edition was supervised by Rakuji Hasebe and condensed in 2 volumes. The Japanese edition includes a few colour illustrations that were not included in the English edition. The texts included in the Japanese edition were carefully selected and adapted from the English edition considering the interest of the Japanese readers all changes were made with the permission of the authors. The Japanese edition right was arranged with Philip Wilson Publishers through Motovun Tokyo.; The Topkapi Saray Museum collection of Chinese Ceramics is one of the largest and most important in the whole world yet comparatively little of it has ever been published. The wares assembled here present a continuous review of porcelains made for export from the 13th century to the 19th century which in its range of styles and designs is without equal in any other surviving collection. With some 4500 pieces dating from the Yuan and Ming dynasties and a further 5500 from the Qing the present work covering the entire collection constitutes the most extensively illustrated book on Chinese ceramics yet published and provides an unrivaled source for dating and the study of design. The main part of the work consists of a complete and definitive catalogue in which every piece is itemised. Kodansha Ltd., Japan hardcover
1924Best.-Nr. 61389Lutherville MD: Chesacroft Kennels 1924. First edition apparently the first book devoted solely to the Chesapeake Bay Retriever. 12mo. 31 pp. Illus. from photos; 3-pages of show records from Chesacroft dogs 1922-1923. Not in Jones "Bibliography of the Dog" listing only two titles on the Chesapeake Bay Retriever the earlier from 1933. OCLC locates one copy Mariners Museum Newport News VA. Very good copy of a rare book. Original decorated brown wrappers stapled. #8436. Chesacroft Kennels unknown
1984Best.-Nr. 77636Woodbridge Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club 1984. Elephant FolioLimited Edition. Three volumes. One of 1500 numbered sets of which this is number 439. pp. 61; 59; 52 followed by 338 plates and 721 photographs. Green cloth bindings with gilt lettering in unclipped pictorial jackets with publisher's price sticker to inner flap. Jackets sunned and a little rubbed at extremities with one short closed tear and slight crushing. Clean and fresh internally. Original publication of the Memorial Volumes in 1950. Butler and Hussey knew Lutyens well with Stewart having worked in his office for thirty years. Stewart was principally responsible for selecting from Lutyens extant drawings which here combine with explanatory text and photographic illustrations of the finished buildings to form a monumental work. Pevsner observed "No English architect other than Wren has ever been recorded like this." This is a very heavy set and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. 0907462723 . Fine. Cloth. Limited Numbered Edition. 1984. Antique Collectors' Club 1984 hardcover
2009Best.-Nr. 184280Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art 2009. Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Very Good/Very Good. Condition Notes: Slightest ding to the top corner of the upper panel but a very nice copy overall; ### IMPORTANT: Weighing 3kg. overseas shipping will require additional postage . ### First edition first printing. Signed copy. Hardback. Dust wrapper over black boards with gilt titles to the spine & upper board; Measures 12 x 9½ 3 kg; pp 415; Bibliography; Signed by the author Robert Begouen with dedication on the first blank page without provenance. Contains: French & English language text; Graphs; Colour photographs; Black & white drawings; Colour drawings; Maps; Tables; 2-column text; The book is on the shelf ready to be appropriately packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John Bath by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #184280 Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art hardcover
2001Best.-Nr. 182847Govern d'Andorra 2001. tapa dura. 2ª Mano - Bueno/2ª Mano. Govern d'Andorra. 2001. Ilustrado. Edicion bilungüe Catalá Ingles. El libro es una recopilación extensa de ilustraciones del artista catalán categorizado frecuentemente como libro de texto o catálogo de exposición. Detalla las ilustraciones que Dalí realizó para grandes clásicos de la literatura universal como La Divin Tapa dura tela roja con estampado en oro 30x25cm 543pp. Govern d'Andorra hardcover
1986Best.-Nr. 1105BPhilip Wilson Publishers London for Sotheby's Publications 1986 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text.; Hardcover without dust jackets in slipcases.; 28 x 39 cm; 17 Kg.; 1381 pages with 5000 black-and-white and colour illustrations including 200 large-size colour plates.; 3 volumes comprising: Volume 1-Yuan and Ming Dynasty Celadon Wares; Volume 2-Yuan and Ming Dynasty Porcelains; Volume 3-Qing Dynasty Porcelains.; Used books with signs of wear on the exterior of the slipcases hardcover cloths and outside text block. Lacks the dust jackets. Interior in good condition apart a block of pages 363 to 374 in volume 1 that are loose from the hinge. Good readable copies.; OUT OF PRINT. SCARCE REFERENCE CATALOGUE. LIMITED EDITION OF 1500 COPIES. UNNUMBERED SET.; The Topkapi Saray Museum collection of Chinese Ceramics is one of the largest and most important in the whole world yet comparatively little of it has ever been published. The wares assembled here present a continuous review of porcelains made for export from the 13th century to the 19th century which in its range of styles and designs is without equal in any other surviving collection. With some 4500 pieces dating from the Yuan and Ming dynasties and a further 5500 from the Qing the present three-volume work covering the entire collection constitutes the most extensively illustrated book on Chinese ceramics yet published and provides an unrivaled source for dating and the study of design. The main part of the work consists of a complete and definitive catalogue in which every piece is itemised. Each entry is accompanied by one or more monochrome illustrations scaled in size according to importance and many are also shown in colour. The work contains 5000 illustrations in all of which 200 are large-size colour plates. The volumes divide the catalogue into three major sections "Celadon Wares" "Yuan and Ming Porcelains" and "Qing Porcelains". These sections and their sub-divisions are arranged chronologically and are prefaced by extensive introductions by Regina Krahl and John Ayers. Virtually all the celadon wares are products of the famous Longquan kilns and the majority date from the 14th and 15th centuries; numbering in all some 1350 pieces they comprise the most extensive body of such material in existence. In blue-and-white and white wares of the 14th and early 15th centuries too which are widely regarded as the finest products of the Yuan and early Ming the group of 125 pieces has no rival in size or quality while the representation of later Ming export blue-and-white is rich in the extreme; the polychrome and monochrome classes of Ming ware also including some notable rarities. As for the Qing wares of all categories these two comprise a uniquely extensive range of designs still virtually unpublished and of great value to students of Chinese porcelain. The first volume is introduced by a series of essays surveying the background to the collection and various aspects of the ceramics themselves. Dr. Unsal Yucel and Dr. Julian Raby throw new light on how porcelains both entered and left the palace in what quantities and at what dates; Dr. Raby also contributes a penetrating examination of the nature of Ottoman taste in this field showing how porcelain was regarded at the Court and for what purposes and on what occasions it was used. Further important articles examine in detail the use of Chinese and Arabic marks on the porcelains. A full working bibliography a concordance and a thorough index complete the work. Philip Wilson Publishers, London for Sotheby's Publications hardcover
1941Best.-Nr. 13043New York: Reynal & Hitchcock Inc 1941. Limited Edition. Hardcover with slipcase. Very Good/Very Good slipcase. 8vo. Pp. xii 339 suite of photographs. Top edges gilt. Illustrations by the author. Quarter red leather over tan cloth spine lettered in gilt with gilt device to compartments illustration stamped in red on front board short gift inscription pen doodle to limitation page. In original red paper-covered slipcase with title label soiled and stained though sturdy and complete. From an edition of 550 numbered copies signed by the author #214. Account of author's life among the Inuit on King Edward Island in 1938-39. Due to the fall of Paris the author returned to France prior to his finishing signing the limited editions far fewer than the stated limitation where actually signed. Scarce thus. Reynal & Hitchcock, Inc hardcover
1941Best.-Nr. 92796New York: Reynal & Hitchcock 1941. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. illustrations some in color and all by Poncins xi 339p. plus 32 unnumbered pages of black and white photos with captions and some text beneath each photo. Original cloth backed in red leather. Clear plastic acetate jacket and red card slipcase with a title label on the front panel. 22 cm. The jacket has modest damage at base of backstrip and some general wrinkling. The slipcase is sound with modest soiling and wear including a small heart-shaped waterspot on the back panel. The book is fresh and clean and even has the original unfaded and only minimally worn red ribbon marker. Copy No. 90 of the limited edition of 550 copies. The book is an account of Poncins' thoughts and experiences during 15 months in 1938-1939 spent in the Canadian Arctic mostly among Inuit people living near King William Land in what is now known as Nunavut. A printed slip laid in the book explains that the book is not signed because Poncins having ". joined the colors of his country France disappeared in the debacle of the French Republic following the fall of Paris." The slip promised that "in the event of his survival and return to the United States arrangements will be made upon request to his publishers . for him to sign this numbered copy of KABLOONA." In fact Poncins had survived and this copy and an unknown but apparently modest number of other copies of the limited edition were signed by Poncins. The signature on the limitation page is by "Eskimo Mike" de Poncins -- Mike being the name by which he was known among the Inuit. All in all a wonderful copy of an important book about the Canadian Arctic and the Inuit people. Reynal & Hitchcock hardcover
1986Best.-Nr. 1511BPhilip Wilson Publishers London for Sotheby's Publications 1986 Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. English text.; Hardcover cloth with the top of the text block gilt with dust jacket in slipcase.; 28 x 39 cm; 17 Kg.; 1381 pages with 5000 black-and-white and colour illustrations including 200 large-size colour plates.; 3 volumes comprising: Vol. 1-Yuan and Ming Dynasty Celadon Wares; Vol. 2-Yuan and Ming Dynasty Porcelains; Vol. 3-Qing Dynasty Porcelains.; Used with signs of wear on the slipcases dust jackets and on the interior. The dust jackets show edge wear scuffs and scratches and are faded on the spines namely: Vol. 1 has a scratch on the middle of the back cover and is chipped on the edges Vol. 2 is slightly loose due to wear and shows edge wear scuffs and scratches on the front cover spine and back cover. Vol. 3 is loose due to wear shows edge wear scuffs and scratches on the front cover spine and back cover and shows also minor chips on the edges a tear at the bottom of the spine and a scratch on the middle of the back cover. All volumes with signs of wear on the interior.; Signed by the author including written dedication on title page of Volume 1.; OUT OF PRINT SCARCE REFERENCE CATALOGUE. LIMITED EDITION OF 1500 COPIES OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 55.; The Topkapi Saray Museum collection of Chinese Ceramics is one of the largest and most important in the whole world yet comparatively little of it has ever been published. The wares assembled here present a continuous review of porcelains made for export from the 13th century to the 19th century which in its range of styles and designs is without equal in any other surviving collection. With some 4500 pieces dating from the Yuan and Ming dynasties and a further 5500 from the Qing the present three-volume work covering the entire collection constitutes the most extensively illustrated book on Chinese ceramics yet published and provides an unrivaled source for dating and the study of design. The main part of the work consists of a complete and definitive catalogue in which every piece is itemised. Each entry is accompanied by one or more monochrome illustrations scaled in size according to importance and many are also shown in colour. The work contains 5000 illustrations in all of which 200 are large-size colour plates. The volumes divide the catalogue into three major sections "Celadon Wares" "Yuan and Ming Porcelains" and "Qing Porcelains". These sections and their sub-divisions are arranged chronologically and are prefaced by extensive introductions by Regina Krahl and John Ayers. Virtually all the celadon wares are products of the famous Longquan kilns and the majority date from the 14th and 15th centuries; numbering in all some 1350 pieces they comprise the most extensive body of such material in existence. In blue-and-white and white wares of the 14th and early 15th centuries too which are widely regarded as the finest products of the Yuan and early Ming the group of 125 pieces has no rival in size or quality while the representation of later Ming export blue-and-white is rich in the extreme; the polychrome and monochrome classes of Ming ware also including some notable rarities. As for the Qing wares of all categories these two comprise a uniquely extensive range of designs still virtually unpublished and of great value to students of Chinese porcelain. The first volume is introduced by a series of essays surveying the background to the collection and various aspects of the ceramics themselves. Dr. Unsal Yucel and Dr. Julian Raby throw new light on how porcelains both entered and left the palace in what quantities and at what dates; Dr. Raby also contributes a penetrating examination of the nature of Ottoman taste in this field showing how porcelain was regarded at the Court and for what purposes and on what occasions it was used. Further important articles examine in detail the use of Chinese and Arabic marks on the porcelains. A full working bibliography a concordance and a thorough index complete the work. Philip Wilson Publishers, London for Sotheby's Publications hardcover
1925Best.-Nr. mon0000211140Heinemann 1925-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book usual markings. 1926 hardback without dust cover. Clean copy sound binding. Heinemann hardcover
1893Best.-Nr. 31650New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. As New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - 437 pages. -- with a bonus offer--; T-Barin; Ex-Library . 1893. G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
1894Best.-Nr. 105796P. Lethielleux. As New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - Text in French. 552 pages; many black and white illustrations. -- with a bonus offer-- . 1894. P. Lethielleux hardcover
1946Best.-Nr. 53615New York: Harper & Brothers. As New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request – – IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - 475 pages -- with a bonus offer-- . 1946. Harper & Brothers hardcover
1965Best.-Nr. 28125Yale University Press. As New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - TEXT PRISTINE -- with a bonus offer--; T-GORKY; Gorky Maxim translated By Bakshy Alexander in Collaboration with Nathan Paul The Lower Depths and Other Plays By Maxim Gorky . 1965. Yale University Press paperback
1946Best.-Nr. 56301G. P. Putnam's Sons. As New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request – – IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - 244 pages. Vice-Admiral McIntire was Surgeon General of the Navy and FDR's personal physician. -- with a bonus offer-- . 1946. G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
2002Best.-Nr. 85977Paris France: RMN; Foundation. New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE NEVER OPENED -- - Text in French. 464 pages. -- with a bonus offer-- . 2002. 2711843033 . RMN; Foundation paperback
1933Best.-Nr. 53275Les Editions G. Van Oest. As New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request – – IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. 175 pages of text in French followed by 33 black and white plates. -- with a bonus offer-- . 1933. Les Editions G. Van Oest paperback
1954Best.-Nr. 70475New York: Gramercy Publishing Company. Very Good. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - TEXT PRISTINE UNMARKED - 357 pages. Book description: A guide and handbook on somatyping for those concerned with problems of human physique - physicians geneticists psychologists physical educators actuaries nutritionists and human biologists in general. Here are photographs of 1175 examples of the 88 known somatypes with age - height - weight tables and curves for each; the first comprehensive review of age - height - weight standards since 1912. -- with a bonus offer--; 041134; Sheldon William H. Ph.D.; M.D.; With the Collaboration of Dupertuis C. Wesley and McDermott Eugene Atlas of Men: A Guide for Somatotyping The Adult Man at All Ages 357 pages. Book description: A guide and handbook on somatyping for those concerned with problems of human physique - physicians geneticists psychologists physical educators actuaries nutritionists and human biologists in general. Here are photographs of 1175 examples of the 88 known somatypes with age - height - weight tables and curves for each; the first comprehensive review of age - height - weight standards since 1912. . 1954. Gramercy Publishing Company hardcover
1983Best.-Nr. LX oe3wdAGNI: The Vedic Ritual of the Fire Altar Two Volume Set: Volume I and Volume II. By Frits Staal in collaboration with C. V. Somayajipad and M. Itti Ravi Nambudiri; Photographs by Adelaide deMenil. Published by Asian Humanities Press in 1983. Hardcover two volumes total 1604 pp: 754 pp Volume I 850 pp Volume II. Asian Humanities Press hardcover
Best.-Nr. Z1-E-030-02475Springer-Verlag. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Springer-Verlag unknown
1986Best.-Nr. 1475BPhilip Wilson Publishers London for Sotheby's Publications 1986 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text.; Hardcover cloth with top edge gilt with dust jacket in slipcase.; 28 x 39 cm; 17 Kg.; 1381 pages with 5000 black-and-white and colour illustrations including 200 large-size colour plates.; 3 volumes comprising: Volume 1-Yuan and Ming Dynasty Celadon Wares; Volume 2-Yuan and Ming Dynasty Porcelains; Volume 3-Qing Dynasty Porcelains.; Used with minor signs of wear on the dust jackets and on the interior. The slipcases show minor wear marks scuffs and scratches except the slipcase of volume 3 which shows a bump at the top right side of the back. The dust jackets show minor edge wear scuffs and scratches. Except volume 2 which shows a scratch on the left side of the front cover from below the title until almost the bottom the scratch created a tiny punch without creating a hole the punch is seen from the rear of the dust jacket only if it is removed. The front cover of volume 3 show signs of have been slightly bent. Interior with minor signs of wear except for volume 2 which shows tiny wear marks on a few pages.; OUT OF PRINT SCARCE REFERENCE CATALOGUE. LIMITED EDITION OF 1500 COPIES OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 168.; The Topkapi Saray Museum collection of Chinese Ceramics is one of the largest and most important in the whole world yet comparatively little of it has ever been published. The wares assembled here present a continuous review of porcelains made for export from the 13th century to the 19th century which in its range of styles and designs is without equal in any other surviving collection. With some 4500 pieces dating from the Yuan and Ming dynasties and a further 5500 from the Qing the present three-volume work covering the entire collection constitutes the most extensively illustrated book on Chinese ceramics yet published and provides an unrivaled source for dating and the study of design. The main part of the work consists of a complete and definitive catalogue in which every piece is itemised. Each entry is accompanied by one or more monochrome illustrations scaled in size according to importance and many are also shown in colour. The work contains 5000 illustrations in all of which 200 are large-size colour plates. The volumes divide the catalogue into three major sections "Celadon Wares" "Yuan and Ming Porcelains" and "Qing Porcelains". These sections and their sub-divisions are arranged chronologically and are prefaced by extensive introductions by Regina Krahl and John Ayers. Virtually all the celadon wares are products of the famous Longquan kilns and the majority date from the 14th and 15th centuries; numbering in all some 1350 pieces they comprise the most extensive body of such material in existence. In blue-and-white and white wares of the 14th and early 15th centuries too which are widely regarded as the finest products of the Yuan and early Ming the group of 125 pieces has no rival in size or quality while the representation of later Ming export blue-and-white is rich in the extreme; the polychrome and monochrome classes of Ming ware also including some notable rarities. As for the Qing wares of all categories these two comprise a uniquely extensive range of designs still virtually unpublished and of great value to students of Chinese porcelain. The first volume is introduced by a series of essays surveying the background to the collection and various aspects of the ceramics themselves. Dr. Unsal Yucel and Dr. Julian Raby throw new light on how porcelains both entered and left the palace in what quantities and at what dates; Dr. Raby also contributes a penetrating examination of the nature of Ottoman taste in this field showing how porcelain was regarded at the Court and for what purposes and on what occasions it was used. Further important articles examine in detail the use of Chinese and Arabic marks on the porcelains. A full working bibliography a concordance and a thorough index complete the work. Philip Wilson Publishers, London for Sotheby's Publications hardcover
