HOBSON, Robert Lockhart (1872-1941). A Catalogue of Chinese Pottery and Porcelain in the Collection of Sir Percival David.

HOBSON, Robert Lockhart (1872-1941). A Catalogue of Chinese Pottery and Porcelain in the Collection of Sir Percival David. London: The Stourton Press, 1934. Folio (398 x 300mm). 180 plates, most printed in colour, publisher’s slip relating to the binding tipped-in at the end. Original blue silk boards by W. T. Morrell & Co. Ltd. lettered in luminous green on the spine and with Chinese characters on the upper cover, uncut, green buckram slipcase (slipcase broken, but all present). Provenance: From the Library of the late Sir George Engle. FIRST EDITION of this impressive production. LIMITED TO 680 COPIES, THIS NUMBER 563 OF 650 COPIES “numbered in Arabic numerals on Aries paper.” “The printing of the letterpress was completed by Fairfax Hall at The Stourton Press … on the ninth day of June in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four. The plates were printed from blocks made by John Swain and Son., Limited … under the supervision of Leslie Holt. The Aries Roman and Italic types were designed specially for this book by Eric Gill …” (colophon).