Title: OLD DUTCH | POTTERY AND TILES | BY ELISABETH | NEURDENBURG | LITT. D., READER IN THE HISTORY OF ART AT | THE UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN. TRANSLATED | WITH ANNOTATIONS BY | Bernard Rackham | DEPUTY KEEPER, DEPARTMENT | OF CERAMICS, VICTORIA AND | ALBERT MUSEUM | […] | WITH ONE HUNDRED AND TWELVE | ILLUSTRATIONS OF WHICH NINE | ARE IN COLOUR | LONDON: BENN BROTHERS, LIMITED | 8 BOUVERIE STREET, E.C. 4 | 1923 ||
Verso to half-title: Of this book 100 copies only for sale have been printed on English | hand-made paper, bound in pigskin and signed by the Authoress | and Translator. These copies also contain an extra colour plate. | This in Number “7” (in manuscript) | Two signatures (ink, manuscript) ||
Pagination: [i, ii] – h.t. / tirage, [iii, iv] – t.p. / imprint, [v, vi] – dedication to Dr. A. Pit / blank, vii-xv [xvi blank] [1, 2] 3-155 [156 blank], frontispiece (colour) and 59 leaves of plates (9 colour) with 112 figures, with lettered protective sheets.
Collation: 4to in 8th; [A]8 [B]8 C-K8 L6; frontis., +59 leaves of plates.
Binding: 30 x 24 cm, Full dark brown pigskin with gilt ornament to front board and gilt lettering to spine; printed on thick wove paper, top edge gilt, others untrimmed.
Contributors:
Neurdenburg, Elisabeth (Dutch, 1882 – 1957) – author [autograph].
Rackham, Bernard (British, 1876 – 1964) – translator [autograph].
Brendon, William (British, 1845 – 1928) – printer.
Mayflower Press (Plymouth), William Brendon & Son, Ltd. – printer
Benn Brothers Ltd. (British company, 1880 – 1987)
Benn, Sir John, 1st Baronet (British, 1850 – 1922)
Additional Information
| Collection | Ceramics , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book , Guide |
| Period | 20 AD , Early 20th century |
| Country | Great Britain |
| Media/Technique | Paper , Wove paper |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Art , Ceramics , Dutch , History , Holland , Illustrated books , Netherlands , Porcelain , Pottery |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1923 |
| Size | 30 x 24 cm , 4to |
| Binding | Cloth , Dust jacket , Hardcover |
| Acquisition year | 2021 |