Antique French Bisque Dolls - Types Makers Marks / Scarce Illustrated Book

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Beautifully illustrated in color, this early out-of-print book tells how to identify the makers of antique French dolls, including reproductions and forgeries.
TREASURY OF FRENCH DOLLS – Album 2
, by Lydia Richter, HP Books, 1984 English Edition, Fisher Publishing Co.
Over one hundred illustrations, many of them full-page, supplement a fascinating text.  This scarce book covers by chapter: In Defense of Doll Collecting; Learn from Experience; China, Parian and Bisque; Doll Bodies; Automatic, Semiautomatic and Mechanical Dolls; Doll Clothing; Important French Doll Makers; Doll Markings; Glossary of Doll Terms; Bisque Swivel Head Dolls; Bisque Swivel Head on Shoulderplate Doll; Bisque Shoulder Head Dolls; The Jumeau Gallery; Portrait Dolls; DEP Jumeau; French Society of the Manufacture of Dolls and Toys; Character Dolls and Character Baby Dolls; Mechanical, Semiautomatic and Automatic Dolls; Doll Scenes in Paintings, Engravings and Illustrations; The Doll as a Photographer’s Prop; Doll Scenes on Post Cards and Other Collectible Cards; Making Dolls; and Index.
Makers include Bru, Gaultier, Jumeau, Steiner, SFBJ / S.F.B.J. (Societe Francaise de Fabrication de Bebes et Jouets), Fleischmann & Boedel, Henri Rostal, Rabery & Delphieu, Lecomte (Lecomte) & Alliot, Jullien and more.  Whether a novice or advanced collector or dealer, one will want to add this invaluable identification text to their permanent reference library.
8.8” x 11.2” color-imprinted hardback in very good condition.  128 pages.
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