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| Title: |
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Silverware |
| Author: |
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Alain Gruber |
| Publisher: |
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Rizzoli |
| Year: |
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1982 |
| Condition: |
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very good to excellent, hard cover with plastic covered dust jacket |
| Price: |
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$105 use order item number: 20150723-03 |
| Comments/Photo: |
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First American Edition. 9?" - 12" tall. 304p. with 409 illustrations, including 28 in color. "The author traces the evolution of household silverware in the European tradition using a novel approach: a concentration on the practical function of each type of object. For this volume the author has assembled remarkable illustrations: reproductions of little-known paintings, drawings and engravings that depict items of silverware in their proper historical and functional setting. |
