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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from Chinese Porcelain, Vol. 1In addition to the works quoted from, there are others in both this and the French language, many of which might have been used with advantage, but to have employed them would have extended the size of this little volume beyond the limit of a hand-book, which it has already somewhat exceeded.Mr. T. J. Larkin has been good enough to read through the proofs, and the notes he has kindly appended the reader wi...

Excerpt from Chinese Porcelain, Vol. 2The Ming pieces we shall find poor in quality, shape, and colouring, as compared with the Tsing, and beyond a few alien-haw we have little to guide us in marking out the porcelain of one Ming reign from that of another. The Jesuit fathers do not help with regard to Ming wares. Chinese writers seem to give fairly detailed accounts of the production of the various Ming periods, according to some much greater...

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Excerpt from Chinese Porcelain, Vol. 1 The aim of this little work is simply to try and place at the service of amateurs a handbook such as the writer felt the want of when first interested in Chinese porcelain, explaining the technical terms, and giving other information likely to be useful or interesting in connection with the subject, in as simple a way as possible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of r...

Excerpt from Chinese Porcelain, Vol. 2 In the sixteenth century porcelain was so highly esteemed in Europe that many pieces were mounted in silver, and it is reasonable to suppose that the best specimens were selected for this honour. N ow, except, perhaps, where historical value attaches, as in the case of the Trenchard and Warham bowls, the mountings, as samples of early silver work, are of more value than the china they were originally des...

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.