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A Royal Menagerie: Meissen Porcelain Animals
by Wittwer, Samuel
- Used
- Condition
- VG (scuffs, scratches to wraps; edge-wear. rubbing to corners. remains tightly bound)
- ISBN 10
- 0892366443
- ISBN 13
- 9780892366446
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Los Angeles, CA: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2001. Softcover. VG (scuffs, scratches to wraps; edge-wear. rubbing to corners. remains tightly bound). slim, glossy pictorial wraps w/ white, blue printing. 48 pgs w/ color illustrations. "The extraordinary Meissen animals made for Augustus the Strong, who ruled simultaneously as elector of Saxony and king of Poland, were perhaps the most signicant commission for porcelain ever executed in Europe. The figures, which were nearly life-size, presented enormous difficulties in making and firing, and their mere completion was a tour de force.". "Augustus the Strong (1670-1733) had long been a collector of Japanese and Chinese porcelain, and it was to house his collection that the Japanese Palace in Dresden was purchased. In 1729 Augustus enlarged the building to nearly double its original size in order to create a 'porcelain palace.' One gallery was to be entirely devoted to Meissen porcelain, including the exceptional animal figures that are the subject of this book and the exhibition it accompanies."--Publisher/WorldCat.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 197846
- Title
- A Royal Menagerie: Meissen Porcelain Animals
- Author
- Wittwer, Samuel
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG (scuffs, scratches to wraps; edge-wear. rubbing to corners. remains tightly bound)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0892366443
- ISBN 13
- 9780892366446
- Publisher
- J. Paul Getty Museum
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles, CA
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- Asian Art, Meissen Porcelain Animals ; Meissen Porcelain Animals ; ;
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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Columbia, Pennsylvania
About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Pictorial Wraps
- Pictorial wraps are color illustrated covers for paperback books. Preceding mass-market paperbacks, this format brought popular...