(Beilby). Rush, James. THE INGENIOUS BEILBYS. Barrie & Jenkins 1973.
1st UK Ed. Sm. Slim 4to. 168pp. 98 colour and b/w. ills. mainly from photos. E.p. maps, inner gilt dentelles, full gilt lettered gilt rule edged calf, some minor rubbing, a.e.g., in slipcase as issued.
No. 89 of a Limited Edition of 100 Copies which have been specially bound in full calf and tooled in gold foil and Signed by the Author. Author’s Presentation Copy, inscribed - ‘To Peter Clough An art connoisseur of fine glass after my own heart. Very sincere good wishes James Rush July 22nd 1975.’
£40.00 [ref: 263287]

(Billingsley). John, W.D. WILLIAM BILLINGSLEY (1758-1828) His Outstanding Achievements as an Artist and Porcelain Maker. Assisted by Anne Simcox and Jacqueline Simcox. An Illustrated Appendix by Sir Leslie Joseph. Ceramic Book Company, Newport 1968.
1st Ed. 4to. xvi + 98pp. Colour frontis., 21 colour plates and 50 b/w. plates. Good in original gilt lettered orange buckram with gilt device to upper board,
One of a Limited Edition of 1000 Copies. Billingsley worked at the Derby, Pinxton, Torksey, Worcester, Nantgarw, Swansea and Coalport potteries, and this biographical study adds to the knowledge of each of the factories.
£25.00 [ref: 284322]

(Billingsley). John, W.D. WILLIAM BILLINGSLEY (1758-1828) His Outstanding Achievements as an Artist and Porcelain Maker. Assisted by Anne Simcox and Jacqueline Simcox. An Illustrated Appendix by Sir Leslie Joseph. Ceramic Book Company, Newport 1968.
1st Ed. 4to. xvi + 98pp. Colour frontis., 21 colour plates and 50 b/w. plates. Good in original gilt lettered orange buckram with gilt device to upper board,
One of a Limited Edition of 1000 Copies. Billingsley worked at the Derby, Pinxton, Torksey, Worcester, Nantgarw, Swansea and Coalport potteries, and this biographical study adds to the knowledge of each of the factories.
£25.00 [ref: 284324]

(Billingsley). John, W.D. WILLIAM BILLINGSLEY (1758-1828) His Outstanding Achievements as an Artist and Porcelain Maker. Assisted by Anne Simcox and Jacqueline Simcox. An Illustrated Appendix by Sir Leslie Joseph. Ceramic Book Company, Newport 1968.
1st Ed. 4to. xvi + 98pp. Colour frontis., 21 colour plates and 50 b/w. plates. Good in original gilt lettered orange buckram with gilt device to upper board,
One of a Limited Edition of 1000 Copies. Billingsley worked at the Derby, Pinxton, Torksey, Worcester, Nantgarw, Swansea and Coalport potteries, and this biographical study adds to the knowledge of each of the factories.
£25.00 [ref: 284325]

(Diderot, Denis). RECUEIL DE PLANCHES, SUR LES SCIENCES, Les Arts Libéraux, et Les Arts Méchaniques, avec Leur Explication ... PLATES TO VERRERIE [And] MANUFACTURE DES GLACES [Only]. Paris Chez Briasson … 1772. 1st Ed. Folio. 58 plates (including the 4 plates of Vitrier often not found) + 47 plates thus 105 in total including 23 double page. With main t.p. and half title + explanatory text included. 9pp. + 4pp. + 9pp. Some light marginal browning, early marbled papers enclosed, neat inscription, bound in C20th cloth with gilt lettered title label to spine.

The plates and explanations taken from the eleven volumes of plates of the 35-volume edition of the Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire raisonne des sciences, des arts et des metiers, published between 1751 and 1777, comprising 17 volumes of text, 11 volumes of plates, 4 supplementary volumes, 2 volumes of index, and 1 supplementary volume of plates. The work comprised 71,818 articles, and 3,129 illustrations.
£535.00 [ref: 199355]

(Diderot, Denis). RECUEIL DE PLANCHES, SUR LES SCIENCES, Les Arts Libéraux, et Les Arts Méchaniques, avec Leur Explication. ... PLATES TO VERRERIE [Only]. Paris: Chez Briasson … 1772.
Folio. 9pp. text. Drop title. 54 engraved plates, including 15 double-page. Some light browning, new e.ps., rebound in gilt lettered buckram.
The plates and explanations taken from the eleven volumes of plates of the 35-volume edition of the Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire raisonne des sciences, des arts et des metiers, published between 1751 and 1777, comprising 17 volumes of text, 11 volumes of plates, 4 supplementary volumes, 2 volumes of index, and 1 supplementary volume of plates. The work comprised 71,818 articles, and 3,129 illustrations.
£220.00 [ref: 263300]

(Diderot, Denis). RECUEIL DE PLANCHES, SUR LES SCIENCES, Les Arts Libéraux, et Les Arts Méchaniques, avec Leur Explication ... PLATES TO MANUFACTURE DES GLACES [Only]. Paris: Chez Briasson … 1772.
Slim Folio. 9pp. text. Drop title. 47 engraved plates including 8 double-page. Light browning, minor light waterstain to head of several leaves, new e.ps., rebound in buckram lettered in gilt to upper board.
The plates and explanations taken from the eleven volumes of plates of the 35-volume edition of the Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire raisonne des sciences, des arts et des metiers, published between 1751 and 1777, comprising 17 volumes of text, 11 volumes of plates, 4 supplementary volumes, 2 volumes of index, and 1 supplementary volume of plates. The work comprised 71,818 articles, and 3,129 illustrations.
£150.00 [ref: 263299]

(Diderot, Denis). RECUEIL DE PLANCHES, SUR LES SCIENCES, Les Arts Libéraux, et Les Arts Méchaniques, avec Leur Explication ... PLATES TO MANUFACTURE DES GLACES [Only]. Paris: Chez Briasson … 1765.
Slim Folio. 9pp. text. Drop title. 47 engraved plates including 8 double-page. Light mainly marginal browning, p.7 sl. soiled, fore-edge of first few leaves including plate 1 sl. waterstained, contemporary limp pale blue paper wrapps., lightly soiled and chipped with marginal loss.
The plates and explanations taken from the eleven volumes of plates of the 35-volume edition of the Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire raisonne des sciences, des arts et des metiers, published between 1751 and 1777, comprising 17 volumes of text, 11 volumes of plates, 4 supplementary volumes, 2 volumes of index, and 1 supplementary volume of plates. The work comprised 71,818 articles, and 3,129 illustrations.
£125.00 [ref: 263298]

(Giles). Coke, Gerald. IN SEARCH OF JAMES GILES (1718-1780). Micawber Publications, Kent 1983.
1st Ed. 4to. [xiv] + 257pp. + [iii]. 24 colour plates, 72 b/w. ills. from photos. Good in d/w. faded to spine.
£25.00 [ref: 289654]

(Greenwood). Buckley, Wilfred. NOTES ON FRANS GREENWOOD And the Glasses that he Engraved. London: Ernest Benn Limited 1930.
Slim 4to. [16]pp. text. 32 b/w. plates on 38 leaves at rear. F.e.ps. lightly browned, original gilt lettered cloth backed boards, some minor soiling and rubbing, sl. wear at corners, in lightly soiled and chipped d/w. with some loss to corners and head and tail of browned spine.
No. 50 Of A Limited Edition of 250 Copies. Frans Greenwood 1680-1763, Dutch poet and glass engraver.
£50.00 [ref: 250606]