Staryy Russkiy Fayans / Old Russian Faience
Hardcover
1973 · Moskva
by Bubnova, E.
Moskva: Iskusstvo, 1973. Hardcover. Interior NF, clean and tight; the only mark being the name of a Russian art curator on ffep. Back cover has a few spots of rubbing from something red (perhaps a book underneath).. Cream boards with silver lettering and decoration. DJ missing. 187 pp. with bw text illus. and a section of full-page color plates. Parellel text, Russian/English. Divided into 6 sections, by chronology, from the 18th to 20th centuries. Includes a section of color plates and list of illustrations. Very informative book about Russian faience, which has a history different from Western European faience. (Inventory #: 146958)