The Arts & Crafts in Philadelphia, Maryland, and South Carolina: Part I 1721-1785; Part II 1786-1800, Gleanings from Newspapers (2-volume set)
by Prime, Alfred Coxe
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- Hardcover
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- Both volumes Fine but for small smudge on front cover (Vol. I) and small ding to upper right corner of front cover (Vol. II). No
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New York: Da Capo Press, 1969. Hardcover. Both volumes Fine but for small smudge on front cover (Vol. I) and small ding to upper right corner of front cover (Vol. II). No other marks. Pristine interior.. 2 vols. Both mocha cloth/boards; black lettering. Volume I: xviii + 323 pp.; bw frontis and 42 additional bw illustrations. Volume II: xiv + 331 pp.; bw frontis and 27 additional bw illustrations. The Da Capo two-volume reprint of The Walpole Society original from 1929. This edition is Volume 31 of the Da Capo Press Series in Architecture and Decorative Arts, edited by Adolf K. Placzek. Many of the same categories are included in both volumes, just different years. Listings include all sorts of decorative arts, horology, architecture, stone carving and cutting, stucco work, arts and manufacturers, museums and associations, and more. Very thorough and a wonderful reference for historians, art researchers, etc.A compilation of advertisements from eighteenth-century newspapers relating to the arts and crafts in Philadelphia, Maryland, and South Carolina, grouped by trade. Includes painters and miniaturists, engravers, silversmiths, pewterers, potters, glass makers, cabinet makers, clock and watch makers, builders and architects, house and sign painters, and stone cutters.
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- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Arts & Crafts in Philadelphia, Maryland, and South Carolina: Part I 1721-1785; Part II 1786-1800, Gleanings from Newspapers (2-volume set)
- Author
- Prime, Alfred Coxe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Both volumes Fine but for small smudge on front cover (Vol. I) and small ding to upper right corner of front cover (Vol. II). No
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- American Decorative Arts ; Philadelphia, Maryland, South Carolina; Colonial Decorative Arts; Colonial Architecture ; ;
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