Chinese Porcelain (2 volumes)

London, Chapman & Hall, LD. Book. Good. Hardcover. English text; Hardcover (green cloth with gilt lettering to front cover and spine); Volume 1: 15.5 x 22.5 cm, 0.928 Kg, 270 pages with 425 illustrations, second edition, 1902. Signs of wear on the front cover, spine and back cover. Some yellowing throughout. Minor signs of wear in the interior. One page shows signs of having been bent in the past; Volume 2: 15.5 x 22.5 cm, 1.072 Kg, 506 pages with 411 illustrations arranged chronologically, third edition, 1911.Signs of wear on the front cover, spine and back cover. The spine has a crack of around 4cm on the top right side. Hinges cracked. Some yellowing throughout. Some of the first pages are untrimmed; "The aim of this little work is simply to try and place at the service of amateurs a handbook such as the writer felt the want of when first interested in Chinese porcelain, explaining the technical terms, and giving other information likely to be useful or interesting in connection with the subject, in as simple a way as possible.(.) Under the headings "Symbols", "Animals", and elsewhere, when the information given has been obtained from books, it is simply reproduced with the name of the work quoted from, thus enabling readers to turn to it for themselves should they wish to follow the subject further." excerpt from the preface by W.G. Gulland (volume 1).; "The attempt to squeeze into moderate sized handbook a comprehensive account of Chinese porcelain naturally resulted in the crowding out of much that is interesting, so in this volume the opportunity has been availed of to simplify some points that received but cursory notice in the first." excerpt from the preface by W.G. Gulland (volume 2)..