Leather cover, gilt. Author signed, limited to 256 and numbered.First edition, first printing. Signed by author, limited to 256 and numbered. Leather cover boards with gilt decoration to center and gilt lettering to outer spine. 240 pp + 60 full page plates with extra color plate. Based on Chinese sources, observations by earlier scholars, and notes made by European visitors to Ming Dynasty China (1368-1644). A chapter on marks, inscriptions, and Chinese characters is included. The author, Robert Lockhart Hobson CB (1872-1941), was a Keeper at the British Museum and an authority on Far Eastern ceramics. Artist: Robert Lockhart HobsonIssued: 1923Dimensions: 9.25"W x 11.75"LEdition Size: 256 Edition Number: 185Manufacturer: Benn Bros. Ltd., LondonCountry of Origin: England Condition: Good to Binding copy- edge wear, foxing.