The Keramic Gallery, Containing Several Hundred Illustrations of Rare Curious and Choice Examples of Pottery and Porcelain from the Earliest Times to the beginning of the Present Century. With Historical Notices and Descriptions. In Two Volumes

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Photos show more than 400 ceramic objects. The first edition of an often reprinted work, based on a series of lectures on pottery and porcelain Chaffers gave to the Society of Arts in 1867. A Woodburytype is a molded copy of an original photographic carbon print. The process produces very high quality continuous tone images in monochrome, with surfaces that show a slight relief effect. Invented by Walter B. Woodbury, the process was used during the final third of the 19th century for illustrating fine books such as this set. It was ultimately displaced by halftone processes that produced prints of lower quality but were much cheaper. Show more