Eighteenth Century Gold Boxes of Europe

London: Faber, 1966. First Edition (presumed; no prior editions or printings cited). Olive cloth quarto with black and gold spine title in white price-clipped pictorial jacket; 192 pages frontispiece, illustrations, plates (750 illustrations, some color) 32 cm A very good (-) dust jacket with small closed tear to foot of spine and on lower rear edge, mild scuffing to spine, edgewear; a very good (+) copy with clean pages and sturdy binding. Hardcover.

Heavily illustrated and with lengthy descriptions of the history, materials and usage of these luxury items of the 18th century.Contents: Preface. Foreword / Sacheverell Sitwell. 1. Materials and technques. 2. French boxes and their marks. 3. English boxes. 4. Boxes from Dresden and Berlin. 5. Russian boxes. 6. Boxes from smaller workshops in Europe. 7. Swiss boxes. Postscript. Appendix A: Some remarks upon a number of the gold boxes illustrated in colour / Sacheverell Sitwell. Appendix B: The Choiseul boxes / F.J.B. Watson. Appendix C: A line of Paris makers. Appendix D: A list of Swedish marks / compiled by Carl Hernmarck. Appendix E: A note on Dutch gold boxes / Karel Citroen. Appendix F: A list of artists known to have engraved designs for boxes. // **Heavy item. Additional shipping fees may be needed. Please inquire**