Gruber, Alain — Silverware

New York, Rizzoli, 1982. Hardbound. Grey cloth with tan, color-illustrated dustjcket. 305 pp. 29 color and 381 bw plates. The author traces the evolution of household silverware in the European tradition using a novel approach: a concentration on the practical function of each type of object.." This book is extremely well-detailed and thoroughly illustrated. Good/Good; clean interior but with soiling to lower right corners of pages from turning; foxing to tops of page ends when closed. Some general wear to dj.