![VOL'F, N. B., Baron. Imperatorskii farforovyi zavod 1774-1904. [The Imperial Porcelain Factory.] St. Petersburg: Golike & Vil'borg for the Imperial Factory [1906]. 2° (380 x 290mm). 12 tinted gravures printed on china and mounted on card and with printed tissue guards, one chromolithograph of marks, c.500 illustrations throughout. (Two plates detached but present, one tissue guard with a long tear.) Contemporary Russian blue half roan (extremities rubbed).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2010/CSK/2010_CSK_05476_0387_000(volf_n_b_baron_imperatorskii_farforovyi_zavod_1774-1904_the_imperial_p045027).jpg?w=1)
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VOL'F, N. B., Baron. Imperatorskii farforovyi zavod 1774-1904. [The Imperial Porcelain Factory.] St. Petersburg: Golike & Vil'borg for the Imperial Factory [1906]. 2° (380 x 290mm). 12 tinted gravures printed on china and mounted on card and with printed tissue guards, one chromolithograph of marks, c.500 illustrations throughout. (Two plates detached but present, one tissue guard with a long tear.) Contemporary Russian blue half roan (extremities rubbed).
FIRST EDITION OF THIS 'FUNDAMENTAL STUDY'; 'the history of this enterprise is an important part of the general history of the Russian applied arts and is of great help for students of the national crafts of the 18th-19th centuries... the book had a limited circulation. It is difficult to find a copy of it in a decent state' (Vengerov). Vengerov, Staraia Russkaia Kniga, 78.
FIRST EDITION OF THIS 'FUNDAMENTAL STUDY'; 'the history of this enterprise is an important part of the general history of the Russian applied arts and is of great help for students of the national crafts of the 18th-19th centuries... the book had a limited circulation. It is difficult to find a copy of it in a decent state' (Vengerov). Vengerov, Staraia Russkaia Kniga, 78.
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