Bohemian Porcelain - History Types Makers Marks Photos / In-Depth Scholarly Book

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Lavishly illustrated in color and mostly brown-tone sepia photos, this rare out-of-print book pictures and identifies beautiful examples of bohemian porcelain including makers and marks.
BOHEMIAN PORCELAIN
by Emanuel Poche, Translated by Richard K. White, Artia, Printed in Czechoslovakia, Distributed by Spring Books, London, ca.1960.
This book is a pictorial guide to Bohemian porcelain with 160 full-page brown-tone photographs and 16 full-page color photographs of this ware. In addition to the superb photographs, this book has a rich text which covers by chapter: The First Attempts at Producing Porcelain in Bohemia; The Beginning of Bohemian Porcelain; The Classic Period of Bohemian Porcelain; The Progress of Bohemian Porcelain in the Late Empire Period and the Start of the Second Rococo; Bohemian Porcelain About the Year 1850; The Separation of Art from Porcelain Production in the Second Half of the 19th Century; Bibliography; The Plates; and Marks on Bohemian Porcelain. The in-depth text reviews the history and manufacturing of Bohemian porcelain and reviews the many Bohemian manufactories. The large photo plates, coupled with in-depth descriptions, rich narrative, and expanded information on Marks, makes this rare book an indispensable reference for the connoisseur of European porcelain wares.
Oversize / heavy 9.25” x 12.1” hardback with dust cover in very good condition. 71 pages plus approximately 150 pages of photo plates.
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