Li Tre Libri Dell' Arte Del Vasaio = The Three Books of The Potter's Art
London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1934. One of 750 copies. Hardbound. Oatmeal cloth with tan paper title block on spine; tan printed dust jacket with clear, acetate cover. 85 pp. followed by 80 collotype plates, most of them facsimiles of the original, illustrated Italian manuscript. VG+/Good+ (Contents pristine but for a hint of age toning to page margins. DJ has a small piece missing on inside flap and general edge wear; protected by clear cover.). Item #106343
Text is in Italian and English. Title on spine & front cover: Arte del Vasaio: The Three Books of the Potter's Art. "One of the greatest treasures of the National Art Library at the Victoria and Albert is a treatise in manuscript, the only known contemporary record of the technical processes used in making Italian maiolica. This manuscript, written about the middle of the sixteenth century by Cipriano Piccolpasso of Castel Durante, is illustrated on almost every page with the author's delicate drawings, which vividly depict the processes described." The Introduction includes material on Piccolpasso and his family, the date of the Arte del Vasaio, the bearing of the manuscript on ceramic technique, the history of the manuscript, and collation. In addition to this, the main text/translation, and the plates, there is a glossary, a bibliography, notes, and an addendum section. A fine, scholarly presentation of this important 16th-century work. A powerful and stunning resource. One of 750 copies. Scarce.
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