THE LATER CERAMIC WARES OF CHINA. Being the Blue and White, Famille Verte, Famille Rose, Monochromes, etc., of the K’Ang Hsi, Yung Cheng, Ch’ien Lung and other periods of the Ch’ing Dynasty
THE LATER CERAMIC WARES OF CHINA. Being the Blue and White, Famille Verte, Famille Rose, Monochromes, etc., of the K’Ang Hsi, Yung Cheng, Ch’ien Lung and other periods of the Ch’ing Dynasty
THE LATER CERAMIC WARES OF CHINA. Being the Blue and White, Famille Verte, Famille Rose, Monochromes, etc., of the K’Ang Hsi, Yung Cheng, Ch’ien Lung and other periods of the Ch’ing Dynasty
THE LATER CERAMIC WARES OF CHINA. Being the Blue and White, Famille Verte, Famille Rose, Monochromes, etc., of the K’Ang Hsi, Yung Cheng, Ch’ien Lung and other periods of the Ch’ing Dynasty
THE LATER CERAMIC WARES OF CHINA. Being the Blue and White, Famille Verte, Famille Rose, Monochromes, etc., of the K’Ang Hsi, Yung Cheng, Ch’ien Lung and other periods of the Ch’ing Dynasty

THE LATER CERAMIC WARES OF CHINA. Being the Blue and White, Famille Verte, Famille Rose, Monochromes, etc., of the K’Ang Hsi, Yung Cheng, Ch’ien Lung and other periods of the Ch’ing Dynasty

(London: Ernest Benn, Limited, 1925).

FIRST EDITION, THE MOST LIMITED OF THE SIGNED DELUXE ISSUES. THIS COPY WITH A SUITE OF SIX EXTRA COLOUR PLATES NOT FOUND IN THE TRADE ISSUE. A beautiful and very handsomely illustrated guide to the pottery and porcelain of the Ch’ing dynasty. It carries the story of Chinese pottery and porcelain down to our own times and discusses the potter’s art under the Ch’ing dynasty of the Manchus (1644-1912). The names of three chief Manchu emperors, K’ang Hsi, Yung Cheng and Ch’ien Lung, are household words with collectors of porcelain; and the book is mainly devoted to the porcelain made during those three famous reigns at Ching-te Chen, the Ceramic metropolis of China.
R.L. Hobson was employed by the British Museum over the course of his tenure as bot keeper of ceramics and keeper of oriental antiquities and was a chief ethnographer at the museum. This is a revered work in the field.
Baron Edmond van Eetvelde was an important Belgian diplomat and politician who served in a number of positions including as Minister of State, and as Minister to the Free State of Congo during the late 19th century. He was considered the right arm of King Leopold II of Belgium.
The records show that only two copies of this issue have appeared at auction over nearly 40 years. Item #30422

One of 25 Copies Only, The First Deluxe Edition, the Most Rare of the Issues, Copy XIV of 25 Numbered Copies, Printed on Japanese Vellum, Signed by the Author on the Limitation Page, and Bound in Full Vellum, With Six Plates in Colour not found in the trade or "ordinary" issue, and one additional to the 5 plates added to the Limited Issue of 250 copies. The additional plates are lettered A-F. A copy with fine provenance, the Baron van Eetvelde copy with his coat-of-arms as bookplate, and with an original order form for Important Books on Ceramics published by Ernest Benn. Profusely illustrated on coated pages with a colour frontispiece (Plate I) and 31 additional plates in colour following the text, a number are folding, each with printed tissue guard, 26 Plates Numbered I-XXVI and the 6 additional plates lettered A-F. Large Quarto in eights (288 x 228 mm), Japanese vellum, lettered in gilt on the spine, and with gilt pictorial decoration on the upper cover. xxix, 156 + 82 plates (76 plates numbered I - LXXVI and 6 plates numbered A - F). A very fine and beautifully preserved copy, the binding clean, tight and strong, the book remains as appealing as when it was published.

Price: $4,850.00