Cerámica y Cultura: The Story of Spanish and Mexican Mayólica

Description

Editors: Gavin, Robin Farwell; Pierce, Donna; and Pleguezuelo, Alfonso

Publisher: University of New Mexico Press

Pub Date: 2003

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Book: Fair to Good.  Binding tight.  No marks, tears, bends or folds.  Gilt on spine still sharp, easily readable.  Smudging to bottom text block.  Very light edge and corner wear.  Dust Jacket:  Fair to Good.  NOT price clipped (no price indicated).  Some scuffing to rear cover.  Very light edge and corner wear.

Notes: Exhibit catalog, plus essays (among others) on the history of Spanish mayólica, ceramics in the Spanish and Mexican economies, contemporary Spanish and Mexican ceramics, Mexican tiles, mayólica in Mexican daily life, and mayólica in 20th century Mexico.  Several essays translated from Spanish.  Mayólica is the Spanish name for tin-glazed earthenware, also called maiolica, majolica, faience, delftware.