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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Dust Jacket Included. English text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket).; 25 x 29 cm.; 2.2 kg.; 369 pages with colour illustrations.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior. The dust jacket shows wear marks, edge wear, scuffs and scratches on the front cover, spine and back cover. Scratch on the back that can be seen on the rear of the dust jacket (only it the dust jacket is removed). Interior with signs of wear.; Catalogue from the exhibition "Fragile Diplomacy: Meissen Porcelain for European Courts, ca. 1710-63" held at The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture, New York, from November 15, 2007 through February 10, 2008.; While imported Chinese porcelain had become a valuable commodity in Europe in the seventeenth century, local attempts to produce porcelain long remained unsuccessful. At last the secret of hard-paste porcelain was uncovered, and in 1710 the first European porcelain was made in Saxony. Meissen porcelain, still manufactured today, soon ranked in value with silver and gold. This thorough and lavishly illustrated volume explores the early years of Meissen porcelain and how the princes of Saxony came to use highly prized porcelain pieces as diplomatic gifts for presentation to foreign courts. An eminent team of international contributors examines the trade of Meissen with other nations, from England to Russia. They also investigate the cultural ambience of the Dresden Court, varying tastes of the markets, the wide range of porcelain objects, and their designers and makers. Individual chapters are devoted to gifts to Denmark, other German courts, the Holy Roman Empire, Italy, France, and other nations. For every Meissen collector or enthusiast, this book will be not only a treasured handbook but also a source of visual delight.