A handy book for the collector of collectibles. Furniture: Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Empire time period listings. British Pottery and Porcelain Marks, Netsuke and Porcelain. This compact volume has many drawings and photographs showing vividly clear the shapes and designs of every period. The furniture time periods each have a very nice detailed description. French, English, German, American--and the designers are all the styles of the great time periods listed. The book is a great source of info. for the antique collector.