Mallet, John V. G. — The John Philip Kassebaum Collection, Volume One

Kansas City, Missouri, The Lowell Press, Inc, 1981. First Edition. Hardbound. Denim cloth with copper lettering; glossy white dj with color illustration and blue and black lettering; illus. flyleaves; 122 pp. with 57 color and 74 bw plates. "The Kassebaum collection of ceramics, which chiefly concerns the medieval and Renaissance periods, was formed over a span of twenty-three years. The present volume concentrates on examples of lead and tin-glazed earthenware of Persia, Spain, Italy, France, Germany and the Netherlands." (dj) Entries are divided geographically; with short descriptions of each piece and an extensive foreward by the author. Volume 2 appears not to have been published. VG/Good (some slight sunning and soiling to dj ) .