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Comprehensive in every way, this very large and exciting visual history of ceramics shows all the diversity of this subject in well over 1000 illustrations - with over 60 in colour.

The dual role of ceramics - its evolution as a utilitarian craft, as well as its elaboration into a decorative art - is fascinatingly displayed in all its contexts, from the peasant's hearth to the courts of kings.

This history reaches far back into remotest antiquity to the earliest archaeological discoveries of crude baked clay vessels.

All the mainstreams of ceramic tradition, reflecting the character and taste of different civilisations, are then traced through prehistory, the mediaeval and Renaissance periods, the age of elegance, followed by the industrial revolution, right up to the present day.

This book is a comprehensive visual history of ceramics. It shows the diversity of the subject with an emphasis on the dual role as a utilitarian craft and decorative art.

History reaches as far back into antiquity up to the present day, with a full range of pottery and porcelain encompassed in this volume.

Editor Robert Charleston is keeper of the Department of Ceramics and Glass at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

World Ceramics: An Illustrated History edited by Robert J Charleston is a 1975 second impression published by Hamlyn, London.

It is a heavy 2.7kg extra-large format 350-page 26x34.5cm hard cover with dust jacket (small tears to top edge - see photos) in near-new condition with excellent photographs and text.

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