Editore: Cacklegoose Press Ltd in association with State Hermitage St Petersburg, 1995
ISBN 10: 0952658402 ISBN 13: 9780952658405
Da: The Spoken Word, Oxfordshire, Regno Unito
Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Published by Cacklegoose Press Ltd London in association with State Hermitage St Petersburg in 1995, here is the sensational first Limited Edition (this being #238 of only 1000 copies) slip-cased hardback version of Gaye Blake Roberts' The Green Frog Service edited by Michael Raeburn and others'. Green cloth binding, gilt spine lettering and gilt front cover decoration, 424 pages including 60 colour plates and 1500 separate illustrations the book is in near fine condition. The slip case is very good with general shelf wear to the covers, edges and corners including minor spotting. The book is outrageously heavy, tipping the scales close to 3.5 kg's when wrapped and therefore additional postage MUST be applied to areas OUTSIDE the UK as follows: Europe £20, Rest of the World (excluding Canada) £25. Canada (please apply for a quote before ordering). UK postage is as quoted and will be tracked for this item.
Editore: Cacklegoose Press, London, 1995
ISBN 10: 0952658402 ISBN 13: 9780952658405
Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited. Published in association with The State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Forewood by Martin Wedgewood. This copy is No. 207 of 350 reserved for Subscribers. 25 copies were published in a special leatherbound edition NUMBERED I-XXV. 25 copies published for collaborators on the publication numbered A-Y. 350 for Subscribers. 600 copies, 351-950, for general sale. In slipcase. Both in very good condition. Ovesized: Cost of shipping -- by Airmail and with insurance-- will depend on destination.
Editore: Cacklegoose Press and the State Hermitage, St Petersburg, London, 1985
Da: Cacklegoose Press, London, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
Cloth. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. Limited/Numbered. 424 pages, 1,350 b/w ilustrations, 60 colour plates. Presentation and catalogue of the complete service (and related pieces) made by Wedgwood and Bentley for Catherine the Great of Russia in 1773-4. Each of the "real views" in England, Wales and Scotland is illustrated (arranged by county) with details of the prints and drawings used as source material by the decorators. Essays by Ludmila Voronikhina, Michael Raeburn and Gaye Blake-Roberts discuss the making and decorating of the service, its remarkable survival in Russia and Catherine the Great's Anglomania.
Cloth. Condizione: Near Fine. None (illustratore). First edition. A study of the dinner and dessert service made by the English pottery company Wedgwood for Empress Catherine the Great. First edition. Limited to 1,000 copies of which this is number 319, reserved for a subscriber. Illustrated throughout with photographs of the service set, some of which are in colour. The Green Frog Service is a large dinner and dessert service made by the English pottery company Wedgwood for Empress Catherine the Great of Russia, and completed in 1774. The service had fifty settings, and 944 pieces were ordered, 680 for the dinner service and 264 for the dessert. At Catherine's request the hand-painted decoration showed British scenes, copied from prints, with a total of 1,222 views. In addition each piece had a green frog within a shield, a reference to the name of the palace it was intended for. Edited by Michael Raeburn, Ludmila Voronikhina, and Andrew Nurnberg. With a foreword by Sir Martin Wedgwood. Essay by Gaye Blake Roberts. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear only. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine. book.
Editore: Cacklegoose Press, London, 1995
ISBN 10: 0952658402 ISBN 13: 9780952658405
Da: Bokel - Antik, Bokel, Germania
424 S. mit zahlreichen Abb., OLn. mit Leinenschuber, englischer Text, Nummer 94 von 1000 Exemplaren, EA., 4° Schuber und Buchrücken auf einer Seite minimal gestaucht, sonst sehr guter Zustand Wedgewood, Bentley, Imperial Russian Dinner Service. Bücher.