RIS-PAQUOT, Oscar-Edmond. - Lot 126

RIS-PAQUOT, Oscar-Edmond. A General History of Ancient French and Foreign Earthenware, Considered in Terms of Its History, Material, Forms, and Decoration Amiens, published by the author, and Paris, A. Raphael Simon Bookstore, 1874–1876. In-4, [2] ff., 182 plates (out of 200, not consecutive), loose sheets in the publisher’s red half-cloth folder, original shipping folder preserved and glued to the top cover (folder damaged, slight foxing, a few leaves uniformly browned, minor tears affecting a few plates). First edition, printed in a limited run. Atlas only, without the text volume. Copy No. 262, hand-numbered and signed by the author. Set comprising 182 color lithographic plates, some with hand-painted highlights. 1,400 marks and monograms 18 missing plates (12, 15; 22; 30; 35; 37; 40, 41; 46; 74; 96; 104; 131; 155; 158; 177). Among the most sumptuous ever produced on ceramic and, without a doubt, the most magnificent work devoted to the history and appreciation of earthenware. Oscar-Edmond Ris-Paquot (1835–1912) was a painter, writer, art critic, and specialist in the history of earthenware. Rare.