Hispano-Moresque Ware of the XV. Century: A Contribution to its History and Chronology Based Upon Armorial Specimens by A. Van de Put, The Art Workers' Quarterly, London, 1904, 105pp, cloth, 8 x 10", 8vo

Fair condition.  Wear and staining to front and rear boards.  Title in gilt on front board and spine.  Minor bumping to tips.  Hinges are cracked.  Letter from the author is pasted to flyleaf.  Colored frontispiece opposite title page.  Title page in black and red ink: red is still crisp.  Toning, age-staining, and finger-staining throughout textblock.  Illustrated.  Please see photos.

Albert van de Put (1876-1951) was the curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum in South Kensington.  He also wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Hispano-Moresque ware is tin-glazed, lustred earthenware made by Moorish potters in Spain, chiefly in Malaga in the 15th century, and in the region of Manises, near Valencia, in the 16th century.