Excerpt from Italian Ceramic Art: The Albarello, a Study in Early Renaissance Maiolica, With IllustrationsI am indebted to Dr. Gustav Ludwig for kindly placing at my disposal the interesting extract from a document he had discovered in his researches in the Venice Archives, and to Mr. A. Van de Put for identifyin g some of the armorial hearings on the vases, and also for allowing me to publish his interpretation of the inscription on one of the Albarelli belonging to the Musée da Louvre.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.