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Josiah Wedgwood His Pottery Burton Book 1st Ed #1820405

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Josiah Wedgwood His Pottery Burton Book 1st Ed #1820405
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Josiah Wedgwood & His Pottery by William Burton, a 1st Ed Book which is the authoritative classic reference on Wedgwood wares. This Wedgwood book is llustrated with 32 tipped-in beautiful color plates under printed tissue guards on dove grey vellum pages. This great reference book also has 72 black & white photo plates. Gilt page tops, gilt cover picture stamp of Grecian urn, gilt lettering on spine. First/Limited Edition: copy #1347/1500 (1000 for England, 500 for USA). Blue cloth hardcover, deckle cut page edges. One blank page has tear professionally taped. One tipped-in page loosened. Condition 4 on a scale of 5. An old magazine picture of the oil painting of Wedgwood and his Family was placed inside. Burton was a lifelong potter himself and worked for the Wedgwood firm for five years as a chemist. There he learned much about their formulae and how they related to the other Staffordshire potteries in general. Invaluable for research into this field. 10" high X 7" wide, 195 pp with index. Publ: Funk & Wagnalls, New York/Cassell,London, 1922.
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<tr><td>Condition:good antique estate</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:First Edition</td></tr>






<tr><td>Title:Josiah Wedgwood His Pottery Burton Book 1st Ed</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:New York State</td></tr>
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