Rare English Glasses of the XVII [17th] & XVIII [18th] Centuries.
Bles, Joseph
(Book #ID 78998)
Published by London: Geoffrey Bles. Printed at The Morland Press Limited First Edition 1924. London 1924.
First edition hard back binding in publisher's original dark blue sun faded to brown buckram covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and to the upper panel, untrimmed fore and lower page edges. Folio 13'' x 10½''. Contains: Description of Frontispiece; Foreword; Introduction by Bernard Rackham; The Royal Oak Goblet; Glass of Lead; Diamond Point Engraving; Jacobite Glasses; King William and Anti-Jacobite Glasses; Commemorative Glass by Sir J. S. Risley K.C.M.G.; Enamelled Glass; Sweetmeat Glasses and Others; Candlesticks and Tapersticks; Rare Drinking Glasses; Cut Glass. Antiques & Collectibles, Glass, Glasses, Art, Glassware. 147 [over 100 leaves] tipped-in plates each protected by a tissue guard. Foxing to the uncut page edges and a little to the end papers and margins, hinges sound, tight and square, without any ownership markings inside. Extremely heavy volume. Member of the P.B.F.A.
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