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Blair, Claude (Edited by)
The History of Silver
New York Ballantine Books 1987 0345345762 / 9780345345769 First Edition, First Printing Hard Cover Very Good Fine Collectible
Cloth, 256 pp., illus. (some col.), biblio., index; 30 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Stated "First Edition: November 1987." Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated, with many colour plates. CONTENTS: Introduction, by Claude Blair; The Ancient World, by Kenneth Painter; The Migration Period and the Middle Ages, by Ronald Lightbown; The Renaissance and Mannerism, by Timothy Schroder; Baroque Silver, 1610-1725, by Anna Somers Cocks; The Rococo, by Elaine Barr; Neoclassicism, by Elaine Barr; The Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries, by Shirley Bury; Art Deco and After: 1920-60, by Philippe Garner; Contemporary Silverware, by Graham Hughes; Appendix I: The Craft of the Silversmith, by Claude Blair; Appendix II: The Metals, Hallmarking and Methods of Assay, by John Forbes; Notes; Bibliography; Glossary; Index; Acknowledgements.
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49.95 USD
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