Lenz georg ed (10 resultados)

HC. Condición: Gut. Oln, OU,434s., in gutem Zustand., [KSA17,4]., Deu 700g.

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condición: New.

Condición: New.

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condición: New.

Condición: New.

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Leather. Condición: Good. First edition. A very scarce commemorative collection showcasing the artistic development of Berlin's Royal Porcelain Factory, containing over one-hundred and fifty copper plates. Berliner Porzellan die Manufaktur Friedrichs des Grossen: 1763-1786 (Berlin Porcelain, The Manufactory of Frederick the Great: 1763-1783), a very scarce commemorative collection of the Royal Porcelain Factory opened by the Prussian King, edited by Georg Lenz. Particularly scarce in the UK, with only two instituional copies, held at the Victoria and Albert Museum and at the British Library. In the publisher's original blue quarter morocco. Original end papers preserved, with an ex-libris bookplate to the front pastedown of Volume I. Tissue guards preserved to each plate. Volume I contains all seventy-four photogravure copper plates, including those in colour, while Volume II contains all eighty-seven photogravure copper plates, including those in colour. Accompanying each plate is an explanatory leaf offering descriptions of the corresponding plate. Collated complete. Commemorating the 150th anniversary of when Frederick founded the Porcelain factory at the request of merchant Johann Ernst, this fascinating work showcases the artistic development of German porcelain since the factory's inception. Examples include fine figurines, tea sets, and clocks amongst a variety of crafted crockery, as well as movements from the rococo, neoclassical and art nouveau. Volume I contains a short history, timeline of plates, and plates 1-74, and II contains plates 75-162. Approaching two-hundred and fifty years since its founding, the factory still thrives to this day. In the publisher's original blue quarter morocco. Original end papers preserved, with an ex-libris bookplate to the front pastedown of Volume I. Tissue guards preserved to each plate. Externally, faint spots to boards, a darker spot to top extremity of I front board, and rubbing to joints and edges. Bumps to cloth extremities, and minor loss to morocco tail of spine of II. Faint spotting to head of morocco spines and a couple of rubbing marks. Browned damp stain to tail of front board and morocco joints of II. End papers are bright and mostly clean with a couple of small spots. Tidemarks to tails of end paper hinges. Small stickers to top edge of front pastedowns. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and mostly clean, with slight offsetting to plate descriptions from tissue guards. Good. Various (ilustrador). book.…