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126 - RIS-PAQUOT, Oscar-Edmond.
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Estimate €150 - €200
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RIS-PAQUOT, Oscar-Edmond. A General History of Ancient French and Foreign Earthenware, Considered in Terms of its History, Composition, Forms and Decoration Amiens, published by the author, and Paris, A. Raphael Simon’s Bookshop, 1874–1876. Quarto, [2] pp., 182 plates (out of 200, not consecutively numbered), loose sheets in the publisher’s red half-cloth folder, original delivery cover retained and glued to the upper cover (cover damaged, slight foxing, a few leaves uniformly browned, minor tears affecting a few plates). First edition, printed in a small number of copies. Atlas only, without the text volume. Copy no. 262, hand-numbered and signed by the author. Set comprising 182 colour lithographic plates, some with hand-painted highlights. 1,400 marks and monograms 18 plates missing (12, 15; 22; 30; 35; 37; 40, 41; 46; 74; 96; 104; 131; 155; 158; 177). Among the most sumptuous ever produced on ceramics and, without a doubt, the most magnificent work devoted to the history and appreciation of earthenware. Oscar-Edmond Ris-Paquot (1835–1912) was a painter, writer, art critic and specialist in the history of earthenware. Rare.
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