The Cabinet-Maker And Upholsterer's Guide: Being A Complete Drawing Book; In Which Will Be Comprised Treatises On Geometry And Perspective, As Applicable To The Above Branches Of Mechanics; etc.
by Smith, George
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Contemporary sheep rebacked, portions of original spine laid-down, red leather spine label. Very good
- Seller
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ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Jones & Co, 1826. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary sheep rebacked, portions of original spine laid-down, red leather spine label. Very good. 217 pages in text. 27 x 20 cm. 152 plates, colored frontispiece, additional pictorial title page, and thirty-six hand-colored plates, plus 115 plain. Index. Some plates bound out of order, number of leaves remargined, plate offsetting, and scattered light foxing throughout. Comprehensive review of Regency household furniture and interior decoration with elegantly colored examples. With the usual misnumbering of plates, examples being XXXIV, LII & CXL. Moderate foxing and dust smudging, toning mostly marginal. ABBEY LIFE 73.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17294
- Title
- The Cabinet-Maker And Upholsterer's Guide: Being A Complete Drawing Book; In Which Will Be Comprised Treatises On Geometry And Perspective, As Applicable To The Above Branches Of Mechanics; etc.
- Author
- Smith, George
- Format/Binding
- Leather_bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Contemporary sheep rebacked, portions of original spine laid-down, red leather spine label. Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Jones & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1826
- Keywords
- Design
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture; Decorative Art; Furniture;
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Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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ardsley, New York
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