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Toned lithogr. double-page title richly adorned, within lithogr. border, 133 manuscript ink numbered double-page lithographed plates by and after August Jüttner. (4) pages letterpress index. Publisher's darkbrown half calf, gilt title to front cover. Sprinkled edges. 4to (324 x 245 mm). Extremeties worn, else fine.A very extensive catalog, with hundreds of metal articles, household wares, all kinds of tools for horse breeding and keeping, hunting utensils, guns and all kinds of tools for the workman (shoemaker & saddler tools; harness buckles & accessories; shooting & hunting utensils; steel & gallantry goods; bellows for household & forge fire; wood turning goods, tools and other goods in iron & steel). 3 plates with contemporarily mounted pieces of lithogr. illustrations, probably with new designs. Schmalkalden was all along renowned for its ironworks and a centre of the manufacturing of metal articles, displayed at the Frankfurt fair as "Schmalkalder articles", a kind of hallmark. Around the year… Read More