English Domestic Brass: 1680-1810 And The History Of Its Origins
by Gentle, Rupert and Rachael Feild
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good. wear to cover & spine edges. pgs tanned w/ instances of smudging & foxing, otherwise clean. dustjacket toned; soiling to l
- ISBN 10
- 0525098356
- ISBN 13
- 9780525098355
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1975. Hardcover. Good. wear to cover & spine edges. pgs tanned w/ instances of smudging & foxing, otherwise clean. dustjacket toned; soiling to lower spine; flap chipped.. brown cloth w/ gilt spine printing. 204 w/ 366 annotated illustrations. glossy pictorial dustjacket. content as follows: Brass-the Two-Faced Metal -- The Mines and the Mines Royal -- The Mineral and Battery Works -- Fuel and Fire: Brass in the Interregnum -- The Makers: the Genesis of the English Brass Industry -- The Methods: the Machinery of Eighteenth-Century Brass-Making -- Birmingham and the Merchants -- Patterns and Pattern Books -- The Borrowed Lines of Brass -- Appendix I: Dates of Events Affecting the Development of the Brass Industry in England -- Appendix II: Marks and Signatures Found on Brass in Great Britain -- Appendix III: Metals and Alloys Sympathetic with Brass -- Appendix IV: Processes and Materials Used in Working, Decorating and Finishing Brass.
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- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 177774
- Title
- English Domestic Brass: 1680-1810 And The History Of Its Origins
- Author
- Gentle, Rupert and Rachael Feild
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good. wear to cover & spine edges. pgs tanned w/ instances of smudging & foxing, otherwise clean. dustjacket toned; soiling to l
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0525098356
- ISBN 13
- 9780525098355
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- brass; english brass; brasswork ; brass, brasswork, english domestic brass ; ;
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