The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director: being a large collection of the most elegant and useful designs of household furniture, in the most fashionable taste
by Thomas Chippendale
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Rotherfield, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed for the Author and sold at his house in St Martin's Lane, also by T becket and PA De Hondt in The Strand, 1762. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Folio. Beautifully rebound in half natural calf by Brian Matthews with Italian marble boards, gilt decoration and titles to red spine label, pp xxviii, 200 copper-plate engravings by Darly, Foster, Taylor, Cloues, Miller and others, fine engraved dedication page to Hugh Earl of Northumberland. Small lower corner stain to first 20 pages ( last fep and dedication page show small lower corner restoration). Progressively heavier damp staining of last fifty plates to leading edge upper corner ( last eighteen plates, page edge restoration) A marvellous opportunity to acquire this beautifully rebound and complete copy of this most important work at a realistic cost.
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- Bookseller
- Strawberry Hill Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 039041
- Title
- The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director: being a large collection of the most elegant and useful designs of household furniture, in the most fashionable taste
- Author
- Thomas Chippendale
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for the Author and sold at his house in St Martin's Lane, also by T becket and PA De Hondt in The Strand
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1762
- Size
- Folio
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
Strawberry Hill Books
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Rotherfield, East Sussex
About Strawberry Hill Books
Strawberry Hill Books is a UK based collectable and antiquarian book dealer with an inventory of 10K titles. Specialist areas include Fiction, Topography, History, Art and Exploration. We supply worldwide and all shipments are tracked.
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