Silverware
Hardbound
1982 · New York
by Gruber, Alain
New York: Rizzoli, 1982. Hardbound. Good/Good; clean interior but with soiling to lower right corners of pages from turning; foxing to tops of page ends when closed. Some general wear to dj.. Grey cloth with tan, color-illustrated dustjcket. 305 pp., 29 color and 381 bw plates. The author traces the evolution of household silverware in the European tradition using a novel approach: a concentration on the practical function of each type of object..." This book is extremely well-detailed and thoroughly illustrated. (Inventory #: 105299)