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Baron N.B. von Wolff, Imperatorskii Farforovy Zavod, 1744-1904 [History of the Imperial Russian Porcelain Factory, 1744-1904], St. Petersburg: R.Golik and A.Vilborg, 1906
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- Baron N.B. von Wolff, Imperatorskii Farforovy Zavod, 1744-1904 [History of the Imperial Russian Porcelain Factory, 1744-1904], St. Petersburg: R.Golik and A.Vilborg, 1906
folio (390 x 300mm.), FIRST EDITION, 11 black and white plates and 1 colour plate illustrating porcelain marks, text in Russian with summary in French, contemporary blue cloth, morocco lettering-piece, original wrapper bound in, with letter in English pasted to front endpaper, very small tears
Provenance
Metropolitan Museum of Art Library, stamp on half-title page
Catalogue Note
The attached letter in English reads:
Imperial Russian Embassy Washington
November 7, 1910
The Metropolitan Museum of art, New York
By order of His Majesty the Emperor of Russia, the Russian Ambassador has the honor to forward herewith to the Metropolitan Museum of art a copy of the illustrated History of the "Imperial Porcelain Factory 1744-1904"