The Cabinet-maker and Upholsterer's Guide; or, repository of designs for every article of household furniture, in the newest and most approved taste.
by A Hepplewhite:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Tewkesbury, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: B T Batsford, 1897. Facsimile of the third edition of 1794 (hardback). Folio (38cm by 26cm), [vi], 24pp, 124 plates. Original brown cloth, gilt titling and design to the spine. This copy was formerly in a reference library, with a bookplate to the front pastedown and a stamp to the verso of each plate, but this copy is nonetheless in good to very good condition overall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cornell Books Limited (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53752
- Title
- The Cabinet-maker and Upholsterer's Guide; or, repository of designs for every article of household furniture, in the newest and most approved taste.
- Author
- A Hepplewhite:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: B T Batsford, 1897.
Terms of Sale
Cornell Books Limited
Returns accepted for any reason, provided that you notify us within 7 days of receipt. The customer is responsible for paying return shipping unless the book was not as described.
About the Seller
Cornell Books Limited
Biblio member since 2005
Tewkesbury
About Cornell Books Limited
We are a medium-sized bookshop located in a small country town in the west of England. The shop is open for business from 1030 to 1700 Monday to Saturday. The building is a fifteenth-century former public house. We are still awaiting the day when we find a book older than the shop itself!
Glossary
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....