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A ten volume limited edition set on the Oriental Ceramic Collection of W. T. Walters
Text and Notes by S. W. Bushell, M.DEntitled ORIENTAL CERAMIC ART ILLUSTRATED BY EXAMPLES FROM THE COLLECTION OF W. T. WALTERS with one hundred and sixteen plates in colors and over four hundred reproductions in black and white (New York: Appleton, 1897)The set number 138 presented to V. Everit Macy, of the edition limited to 500 copies; the ten volumes with original quarter cloth and pictorial cards, set within five green cloth covered portfolios each stamped in purple with the Chinese characters Tao Shuo (wear, soiling, toning to text paper).22 1/2 x 17in (57 x43cm) each volume
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The ceramics collection of William Thompson Walters (1820-1894) formed the basis for the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. As printed on one of the opening pages to volume one, V. Everit Macy (1861-1930) was the recipient of this set. Mr. Macy inherited over $20 million at the death of his father in 1876, became a banker and philanthropist.