THE LIFE OF JOSIAH WEDGWOOD, FROM HIS PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE AND FAMILY PAPERS IN THE POSSESSION OF JOSEPH MEYER, ESQ., F.S.A., MISS WEDGWOOD... WITH AN INTRODUCTORY SKETCH OF THE ART OF POTTERY IN ENGLAND.
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1865-1866. First edition. 2 volumes. 8vos., [ vol. I] xxxv, 504 pp., portrait frontispiece, engraved text illustrations, adverts; [vol. II] xxiv, 643 pp., frontispiece, engraved illustrations, 2 full-page chromolithographic plates. Gilt, silver and blind-decorated cloth. Volume 1 is bright and very good; in Volume 2 the front free endpaper has been replaced; small and slight crack to the rear hinge, but firm; slight soil on the half-title page. A very good set. Item #26368
A well-illustrated and extensive biography of this famous potter, whose son Thomas Wedgwood conducted a number of experiments on the effect of light on the nitrate of silver, which were reported in the Journal of the Royal Institution [1802].
Price: $250.00