Green frog service (9 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. Cacklegoose Press, 1995, number 468 of 1000 copies. Hardback, d/j, 4to, 424pp, illust. D/j bumped, creased and torn, (no slip-case). A fair copy. 0952658402/3.0uk.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. No Jacket. Subscribers edition, numbered 118/350. The Green Frog Service was commissioned from Wedgwood by Catherine the Great in 1773. The original Service of 944 pieces contained 1222 different views of Britain. 770 pieces survive at The Hermitage. Green cloth covers in slipcase, large quarto, pp.424 with over 1,200 b/w photographs and a good number of pages of colour plates. Includes list of artists from whose work the transfers were made. Fascinating stuff if distracting to catalogue! Came from Library of one of Subscribers.…

Cloth. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: 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.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. No. 855/950. Internally clean, hinges/joints remain firm with no faults or cracks, corners remain sharp. DJ remains clean with light wear to flaps, due to size and heft of book. Solid copy. BP/Ceramics.

Zustand: gut. The Green Frog Service In englischer Sprache. pages.

Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Limited Numbered Edition. Limited numbered edition, one of 350 subscriber copies. 424 pp. Illustrated with b/w and colour plates. Full green stamped cloth in slipcase. A few light marks to rear of slipcase. A remarkable illustrated record of the 944-piece dinner and dessert service designed by Josiah Wedgwood for Empress Catherine the Great of Russia with exquisite hand painted views of 18th century England, Scotland and Wales. A fine copy. This is a heavy item and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. 0952658402 Large 4to.…

Original Green Cloth, Gilt. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Limited Edition of 1000 Copies. Copy no. 914 of the edition of 1000 copies, of which the first 25 are a special leather-bound edition, a further 25 were for collaborators on the publication, and 350 copies were for subscribers; with 600 numbered copies for general sale. 424 pages, over 350 large detailed illustrations, 60 colour plates and more than 1000 reference illustrations, presenting for the first time the entire service in colour and monochrome plates. The crowning achievement of the great English potter Josiah Wedgwood was a dinner and dessert service decorated with hand-painted views of England, Scotland and Wales, commissioned by Empress Catherine the Great of Russia. Known as the Green Frog Service, it provides one of the finest surviving pictorial records of 18th-century Britain. Commissioned and produced in 1773-4, the Service was destined for a 'palace' Catherine was building in English Gothick style as a staging post between St Petersburg and her summer residence at Tsarskoe Selo. Surrounded by marshes, the palace was known as La Grenouillère, hence the device of a bright green frog that appears on every piece of the Service. The Empress particularly asked for views of landscape gardens, and many of the finest gardens in Britain are depicted, together with a great array of 'Antiquities' . ruined castles and abbeys, old manor houses, Cornish dolmens . as well as romantic landscapes, views on the Thames at London and even early industrial sites.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Copy No14 of 350 subscriber copies. Pages clean and bright, no markings. A clean, tight copy. Housed in slipcase. Complete with numerous illustrations. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

London, Cacklegoose Press in association with The State Hermitage, St. Petersburg, 1995. 4to, 424 pp., publisher's gilt-stamped green cloth and slipcase (dust jacket is missing, handwritten ex-dono). Photographic illustrations in colour and b/w. * Voir photographie(s) / See the picture(s). * Membre du SLAM et de la LILA / ILAB Member. La librairie est ouverte du lundi au vendredi de 14h à 19h. Merci de nous prévenir avant de passer,certains de nos livres étant entreposés dans une réserve.…