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Price: US$499.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1735 Builder s Dictionary ARTS Drawing Glass Making Architecture Painting Barrow John Barrow was an 18th-century English historian remembered for his illustrated dictionaries. While he was perhaps better known for his naval and geographical dictionaries, his Builder s Dictionary might be his best! This work was written as an architect and art-worker s companion contains instruction and aids on drawing and painting, production of dyes and colors, glass and marble making, cloth bleaching, tapestry weaving, making inks, and sculpting and engraving. One particularly interesting chapter found in this volume is an explanation of the hieroglyphical representations of heathen deities in painting . Note the impressive illustrations throughout this book. Item number: #24980 Price: $499 BARROW, John Dictionarium polygraphicum: or, The whole body of arts regularly digested, vol 2 London: Printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes, 1735. Details: Collation: Complete with all pages; o Unpaginated; J-S entries 24 folding plates Language: English Binding: Leather; tight and secure Size: ~8in X 5in (20cm x 13cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 24980 Photos available upon request.
Seller: Schilb Antiquarian, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$772.64 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Two volumes uniformly bound in full contemporary calf with restored titles and spines. Firm and solid, no splits. Size 8vo (200mm x 130mm). Contents age toned and occasionally spotted nonetheless still in very good shape. Note: the endpaper shows pencil notes, a the former owner signature and bookplates of Eric Gerald Stanley. Complete with 54 folding engraved plates, which are slightly darkened but essentially sound save some edge wear and two or three repaired tears. Withal a very scarce work in satisfactory condition offered for sale at reasonable price.
Seller: Prior Books Ltd, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Price: US$975.00 + shipping
Description: Two volumes. First Edition. About Near Fine in rebound three-quarter leather, with marbled paper boards and gilt decoration and titles, raised bands. Minor offsetting, a hint of toning to page edges, and mild soil. A comprehensive set, containing in formation on how to dye cloth, create inks, weave tapestries, and other archaic information. Over 50 black and white engravings, many of which fold out, depicting everything from how to hold engraving tools to lessons on perspective. Two pages of advertisements at the rear. An attractive set.
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$1096.32 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Frontispiece + 55 folding plates of art, carving, gilding, dying cloth, weaving, making ink, mixing colours and all forms of art. The first volume has an extra platetha is not numbered + 6 pages of Isaac Newton's explanation dealing with the refraction o 2 volumes in mottled tan leather on 5 raised bands gilt rules to spine and covers & spine gilt titled [corners worn /spines rebacked ] All edges dyed red. Frontis.+ titlepage +[2p =Preface] + [555pp] + vol. II Titlepage + [520pp] + [4p = directions to binder + books for sale list] Coat of arms book plate to both pastedowns with name A. [Kells ?] Finch written in ink below the arms. Some off-setting or show-through to the last six leaves of both volumes else a crisp clean copy neatly rebackeed and with newer endpapers. 2 volumes.
Seller: Abbey Antiquarian Books, Blockley, GLOS, United Kingdom