Italian Renaissance maiolica / Elisa Sani, with a preface by J.V.G Mallet, and contributions from Reino Liefkes

London : V & A Publiblishing, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 176 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-191) and index. Contents; The formation of the V & A's maiolica collection / J.V.G. Mallet -- The making of maiolica / Reino Liefkes -- Stylistic development. The ornamental language of maiolica ; Narrative painting (istoriato) -- Use and consumption. Tableware ; Maiolica of love and marriage ; Inkstands ; Maiolica for pharmacies ; Floors ; Plaques. Subjects; Victoria and Albert Museum. Victoria and Albert Museum ; Catalogs. Victoria and Albert Museum. Ceramics Department ; Catalogs. Victoria and Albert Museum. Ceramics and Glass Department ; Catalogs. London. Victoria and Albert Museum ; Catalogs. Victoria and Albert Museum. Ceramics Dept. Victoria and Albert Museum London. Department of Ceramics. Majolica, Italian. Art and Design. Majolica, Renaissance Italy ; Catalogs. Majolica, Renaissance Italy ; Catalogs. Majolica, Italian 15th century ; Catalogs. Majolica, Italian 16th century ; Catalogs. Art, Italian - 15th century. Art, Italian - 16th century. Majolica England London ; Catalogs. Majolica, Italian 15th century ; Exhibitions. Majolica, Italian 16th century ; Exhibitions. Majolica, Renaissance Italy ; Exhibitions. Majolica England London ; Exhibitions. Majolica, Renaissance. Glazing (Ceramics). Renaissance Italy. England London. Italy. art history family life ceramic pottery earthenware object use consumption style development fifteenth sixteenth century. Genres; Bibliography. Catalogs. Illustrated.