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A Bound / Flex Cover / REPRINT: London, England : Printed for William Stockdale / Augustus Applegath and Henry Mitton /1817. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Painting and Making Decorative Arts and Crafts. Fully Illustrated. 74 pages. Softcover reprinted edition in very good condition, this book has card covers with cloth spine. Very slight wear to edges. Modern facsimile replica of the original text / work / manuscript / book. Privately published. Archival reprint. This book is not old, however, there is no other publication date other than of the original text. Most likely produced for research purposes since the original text is fragile or very rare. Both book and text are clean and unmarked. Overall a very good copy of this scarce title. Excellent reading resource, research or study. A good book to enjoy and keep on hand. Or would make a great gift for the fan / reader in your life. This is NOT a mass market paperback, or mass produced book. Illustrations are both in color and b/w. 3 volumes… Read More

A Bound / Flex Cover / REPRINT: London, England : Printed for William Stockdale / Augustus Applegath and Henry Mitton /1817. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Painting and Making Decorative Arts and Crafts. Fully Illustrated. 74 pages. Softcover reprinted edition in very good condition, this book has card covers with cloth spine. Very slight wear to edges. Modern facsimile replica of the original text / work / manuscript / book. Privately published. Archival reprint. This book is not old, however, there is no other publication date other than of the original text. Most likely produced for research purposes since the original text is fragile or very rare. Both book and text are clean and unmarked. Overall a very good copy of this scarce title. Excellent reading resource, research or study. A good book to enjoy and keep on hand. Or would make a great gift for the fan / reader in your life. This is NOT a mass market paperback, or mass produced book. Illustrations are both in color and b/w. 3 volumes… Read More

London: Published by Thomas McLean, Printed by Turner and Hadley, Minerva Press, 1819. Second edition, folio (355 x 255 mm), 3 parts in one, all half-titles present, 20; 16; 16pp., 33 stipple-engraved plates in 2 states comprising, 15 hand-coloured and 18 uncoloured, part one LACKING 3 HAND-COLOURED PLATES ('The Moss Rose', 'The China Aster' and 'The Dog Rose'), two of the plates in the uncoloured state have been partially coloured, text a little foxed, plates clean, contemporary straight-grain red morocco, gilt, rubbed.

London: Thomas McLean, 1819. Second Edition. Full Decorated Gilt- and Blindstamped Straight-Grained Morocco. Very Good. Folio, 36.5 by 27 cm. Unpaginated, all with half title and title pages, 16, 12, 14 pp. With a total of 18 hand-colored plates, each rendered in two states, one, hand-colored, the other, uncolored. The inclusion of the two states serves an instructive purpose of imparting not just how to color generally but also, how to shade the application of color. (In the page count, we did not count the plates, but we did count blank versos. Essentially, each plate is accompanied by an one or two page text. The first and last books have additional pages for a preliminary "Advertisement", which, notwithstanding its name, serves as a preface or introduction. While the work did have a pedagogical purpose, the plates are truly stunning, and notable for their luminous elegance and simplicity. The images manage to be both highly realistic yet restrained and economical, almost, in a few instances, like… Read More

London: Published by Thomas McLean, 1819. Second Edition. 368 x 273 mm. (14 1/2 x 10 3/4"). [26] leaves of text, including 3 pp. ads. Three parts in one volume.. SPLENDID CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH RED STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO, ELABORATELY TOOLED IN GILT AND BLIND, covers with concentric filigree frames in alternating gilt and blind tooling, raised bands, spine panels intricately gilt with two large lozenges formed by rectangular and triangular tools surrounded by curling botanical ornaments, turn-ins gilt, all edges gilt. In an excellent recent matching morocco-lipped slipcase. WITH 36 VERY APPEALING ILLUSTRATIONS, BEING 18 ENGRAVINGS (six flowers, six fruits, six birds), EACH IN TWO STATES (monochrome and fully hand colored). Dunthorne 53-55; Sitwell "Fine Bird Books," p. 82. ◆Text leaves with faint mottled foxing and minor browning and off-setting, just a few plates with negligible faint spots or smudges, otherwise A WONDERFUL COPY, THE ORIGINAL SPARKLING BINDING IN AN AMAZING STATE OF PRESERVATION.… Read More