Bate, Percy. English table glass. [*]$2.50. Scribner.
“The early pages tell of the author’s own proceedings as a collector and his growth as a connoisseur.... There are 254 separate glasses illustrated, all arranged upon the black backgrounds of sixty-seven half-tone plates.... There are many historical curiosities among these pieces, and of course Jacobitism in abundance.” (Nation.) 1586 is the date of the earliest glass shown.
“A book at once pleasing and packed with information, personal and yet of broadest application.”
| + + | Acad. 68: 521. My. 13, ‘05. 440w. |
“The author is very enthusiastic, and has much knowledge of his subject, and his guidebook will be a welcome help to the large body of students of an attractive subject. We rarely find Mr. Bate at fault.”
| + + | Ath. 1905, 2: 442. S. 30. 510w. |
“As far as it goes, however, the book is a careful account, rather by way of classification than of historical or technical discussion, of English table glass up to 1800.”
| + + — | Lond. Times. 4: 219. Jl. 7, ‘05. 260w. |
“Full of the knowledge and the insight of the enthusiastic collector.”
| + + | Nation. 80: 530. Je. 29, 05. 1130w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 10: 405. Je. 17, ‘05. 430w. |