 Furnival, William James, Research Ceramist and Consulting Potter; Honours Medallist in Pottery and Porcelain; &c. &c. Leadless Decorative Tiles, Faience , and Mosaic. Comprising Notes and Excerpts on the History, Materials, Manufacture & Use of Ornamental Flooring Tiles, Ceramic Mosaic, and Decorative Tiles and Faience, with Complete Series of Recipes for Tile-Bodies.... , Stone, Staffordshire: CARE: ONLY THE ORIGINAL 1904 PUBLICATION HAS ANY COLOUR PLATES. THE MODERN PRINTINGS CURRENTLY ON THE MARKET HAVE NONE. W.J. Furnival, 1904.1st & Only Colour Illustrated Edn.. Decorated Cloth. Very Good/No d/w. Lge 8vo. Hardback, 185mm x 257mm tall (7.25" x 10.25" approx.). Pp xxiii, 852, with title-page printed in red & black, 340 illustrations in the text in b/w, line & steel-engraving, plus 16 b/w plates and 21 plates printed in colour and giving between them a total of 105 colour-illustrations, which form an important part of this major treatise. CARE: ONLY THE ORIGINAL 1904 PUBLICATION HAS ANY COLOUR PLATES. THE MODERN PRINTINGS CURRENTLY ON THE MARKET HAVE NONE. Signature of a contemporary owner, one Alec H. Savidge, to the half-title and some external rubs and marks, otherwise very good, in the original dark-blue, cloth-covered, bevel-edged boards/gilt titles/top edges gilt, with a colour-printed representation of a Delft tile to the front board. As the book weighs almost 3 kilos, additional postage will be required and a postal quotation will be provided on request. The Title concludes: "...with Complete Series of Recipes for Tile Bodies, and for Leadless Glazes and Art-Tile Enamels". (Book ref. 003500 ) £ 225.00 The payment methods accepted by the seller, Christopher Baron , are shown in the right-hand column. |
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