The Dresden Gallery
Hardbound
1880 · London
by Litchfield, Samuel
London: E. Matthews and Sons, 1880. Hardbound. Good. Clean but with minor foxing through plate no. 4; front hinge loosening at gutter; some general shelf wear to covers and a spot on lower front cover.. Textured brick cloth with gilt and black stamped decoration and titling to front. Blind-stamped decoration to rear. 57 + [2] pp. with 22 numbered plates + 1 lithograph of the Meissen factory. Contains 23 black and white full page plates including 54 seperate "cabinet specimens for connoisseurs". Contains seven-page preface and descriptions of the pieces (mainly porcelain figures).There is also an illustration of the "Royal Dresden Manufactory" in Meissen. Quite unusual and noteworthy in that it includes prices. (Inventory #: 106302)