Green Frog Service (16 results)

1995, Hardcover in slipcase, very good cond., Numbered: this is number 294 , Hardcover in slipcase, very good cond., Numbered: this is number 294 , Hardcover in slipcase, very good cond., Numbered: this is number 294.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Colour & Black and White illustrations. Fine, in Fine Dust Jacket. DJ protected by high-grade removable clear cover. Oversize; Postage & Packing may cost extra.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Cacklegoose Press, 1995, number 468 of 1000 copies. Hardback, d/j, 4to, 424pp, illust. D/j bumped, creased and torn, (no slip-case). A fair copy. 0952658402/3.0uk.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: VG Slipcase. Limited,numbered Edition. BOUND IN GREEN SILK CLOTH WITH GILT TITLE TO SPINE AND FROG EMBLEM WITH LEAVES TO FRONT BOARD. THE BOOK MEASURES 13" X 10" AND THE WEIGHT WITH CUSTOM MADE SLIPCASE IS 3.2Kg. COMMISSIONED BY CATHERINE TH GREAT THE IMPERIAL RUSSIAN DINNER SERVICE KNOWN AS THE GREEN FROG SERVICE,WAS CREATED IN 1773-4 BY JOSIAH WEDGWOOD AND HIS PARTNER THOMAS BENTLEY, AND NOW RESIDES IN THE HERMATAGE MUSEUM IN ST. PETERSBURG. THIS BOOK IS A LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION OF 350, OF WHICH THIS IS N0. 276. FOREWORD BY MARTIN WEDGWOOD, DESCRIPTION AND HISTORY OF THIS 50 PIECE SERVICE BY LUDMILA VORONIKHINA. MORE THAN 1000 PHOTOS OF THE ENGLISH CASTLES AND GRAND HOUSES PAINTED ON THE PIECES, APPEAR IN THE BOOK. A PERFECT ALLIANCE OF WORDS AND ILLUSTRATIONS. VG IN VG SLIPCASE. PHOTOGRAPHERS : A. KOKSHAROV, A. & KHOROSHAILOV, G. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Subscribers edition, numbered 118/350. The Green Frog Service was commissioned from Wedgwood by Catherine the Great in 1773. The original Service of 944 pieces contained 1222 different views of Britain. 770 pieces survive at The Hermitage. Green cloth covers in slipcase, large quarto, pp.424 with over 1,200 b/w photographs and a good number of pages of colour plates. Includes list of artists from whose work the transfers were made. Fascinating stuff if distracting to catalogue! Came from Library of one of Subscribers.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Limited Edition. This is copy No. 282 Limited Edition of 1,000 - Numbers 1-350 were reserved for Subscribers. Slip case Very Good - Light wear only to Book, Internally Very Good - Quick flick through pages could not see any issues, clean and tidy copy in tight binding, A Very Good personal copy. The odd book from this person's collection did have minor pen/pencil annotation/underlining/reference points - but didn't see any in this book when having a quick check this time but it is still possible to miss as some are very minor. **3394g** All orders are sent with a tracking /signature service for your peace of mind, so that you can keep tabs on your parcel. For overseas customers - on some sites we use, parcels weighing over the standard rate may incur an additional charge and we will then contact you with the additional shipping fee required. This is for the postage only we do not charge you for our time or our excellent packaging, which we are noted for. Dispatched in cardboard mailers within 24/48 Hours Mon - Friday 2pm, except bank holidays, otherwise next business day - excellent service guaranteed. AANBE22986.…

Cloth. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Limited/Numbered. 424 pages, 1,350 b/w ilustrations, 60 colour plates. Presentation and catalogue of the complete service (and related pieces) made by Wedgwood and Bentley for Catherine the Great of Russia in 1773-4. Each of the "real views" in England, Wales and Scotland is illustrated (arranged by county) with details of the prints and drawings used as source material by the decorators. Essays by Ludmila Voronikhina, Michael Raeburn and Gaye Blake-Roberts discuss the making and decorating of the service, its remarkable survival in Russia and Catherine the Great's Anglomania. …

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited. Published in association with The State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Forewood by Martin Wedgewood. This copy is No. 207 of 350 reserved for Subscribers. 25 copies were published in a special leatherbound edition NUMBERED I-XXV. 25 copies published for collaborators on the publication numbered A-Y. 350 for Subscribers. 600 copies, 351-950, for general sale. In slipcase. Both in very good condition. Ovesized: Cost of shipping -- by Airmail and with insurance-- will depend on destination.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. No. 855/950. Internally clean, hinges/joints remain firm with no faults or cracks, corners remain sharp. DJ remains clean with light wear to flaps, due to size and heft of book. Solid copy. BP/Ceramics.

Condition: gut. The Green Frog Service In englischer Sprache. pages.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Limited Numbered Edition. Limited numbered edition, one of 350 subscriber copies. 424 pp. Illustrated with b/w and colour plates. Full green stamped cloth in slipcase. A few light marks to rear of slipcase. A remarkable illustrated record of the 944-piece dinner and dessert service designed by Josiah Wedgwood for Empress Catherine the Great of Russia with exquisite hand painted views of 18th century England, Scotland and Wales. A fine copy. This is a heavy item and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. 0952658402 Large 4to.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited numbered edition. This is number 310 of 350 subscriber copies. 424pp with b/w and colour plates. Green cloth slipcase. A fine example.

Original Green Cloth, Gilt. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Limited Edition of 1000 Copies. Copy no. 914 of the edition of 1000 copies, of which the first 25 are a special leather-bound edition, a further 25 were for collaborators on the publication, and 350 copies were for subscribers; with 600 numbered copies for general sale. 424 pages, over 350 large detailed illustrations, 60 colour plates and more than 1000 reference illustrations, presenting for the first time the entire service in colour and monochrome plates. The crowning achievement of the great English potter Josiah Wedgwood was a dinner and dessert service decorated with hand-painted views of England, Scotland and Wales, commissioned by Empress Catherine the Great of Russia. Known as the Green Frog Service, it provides one of the finest surviving pictorial records of 18th-century Britain. Commissioned and produced in 1773-4, the Service was destined for a 'palace' Catherine was building in English Gothick style as a staging post between St Petersburg and her summer residence at Tsarskoe Selo. Surrounded by marshes, the palace was known as La Grenouillère, hence the device of a bright green frog that appears on every piece of the Service. The Empress particularly asked for views of landscape gardens, and many of the finest gardens in Britain are depicted, together with a great array of 'Antiquities' . ruined castles and abbeys, old manor houses, Cornish dolmens . as well as romantic landscapes, views on the Thames at London and even early industrial sites.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Copy No14 of 350 subscriber copies. Pages clean and bright, no markings. A clean, tight copy. Housed in slipcase. Complete with numerous illustrations. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

LIMITED TO 350 SUBSCRIBER COPIES, THIS BEING NUMBER 71. QUARTO, BLUE CLOTH WITH SLIPCASE. ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE OF HOLLIN HALL. THE STORY OF THE DINER SERVICE COMMISSIONED BY CATHERINE 11 AND MAGE BY WEDGEWOOD. 424 PAGE AND MANY ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE PLATES. VERY GOOD WITH A FEW MARKS TO THE SLIPCASE AND SLIGHT FADING TO SPINE GILT.…

London, Cacklegoose Press in association with The State Hermitage, St. Petersburg, 1995. 4to, 424 pp., publisher's gilt-stamped green cloth and slipcase (dust jacket is missing, handwritten ex-dono). Photographic illustrations in colour and b/w. * Voir photographie(s) / See the picture(s). * Membre du SLAM et de la LILA / ILAB Member. La librairie est ouverte du lundi au vendredi de 14h à 19h. Merci de nous prévenir avant de passer,certains de nos livres étant entreposés dans une réserve.…