Bidspirit auction | Lote de Catálogos e Livros

Lote de Catálogos e Livros Técnicos de Cerâmica, Arte e Mobiliário - Vários - Published at various times, spanning the period between 1945 and the end of the 20th century by renowned national and international publishers, this collection of reference works comprises a highly specialized set of 7 books and technical catalogs dedicated to the history of art, ceramics, earthenware marks, and furniture styles, constituting an indispensable resource for experts, historians, and collectors. The core collection dedicated to the study of ceramic arts and porcelain consists of the renowned ”Dictionary of Portuguese Earthenware and Porcelain Marks” (Estar Editora), in excellent condition in its original green paperback, accompanied by the trilingual reference volume ”The Marks / Les Marques / The Marks — Chinese Ceramics” with its characteristic yellow cover illustrated with a red bowl, and the important guidebook ”The Nuremberg Plates from the Guerra Junqueiro House-Museum, ” published by the Porto City Council in 1975. In the area of ​​sculpture and decorative arts, the collection includes the rigorous study by Bernardo Ferrão de Tavares e Távora, ”Images of Mechelen in Portugal” (Porto, 1975), and the very rare Brazilian publication ”Exhibition of Miniatures” from the National Museum of Fine Arts (Rio de Janeiro, November 1945) under the auspices of the Ministry of Education and Health, which bears an old handwritten pencil numbering in the upper left corner of the cover. ”6455”, and also the classic manual by A. Aussel, ”Furniture Styles”, published by Editorial Presença as number 10 in its prestigious pocket collection. All copies are in very good general condition, preserving the integrity of their brochures and clean text blocks, exhibiting only slight and normal patinas from handling on the edges and spines inherent to their use in a study, translating into an excellent opportunity to acquire bibliographic study tools of proven practical utility in the art and antiques market.