Author: [ John Barrow ]
Title: DICTIONARIUM POLYGRAPHICUM Or the Whole Body of Arts Regularly Digested.
Description: London, C.Hitch & C.Davis & S.Austen 1735 First Edition 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 . 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.

Keywords: Comprehensive "how to" arts & crafts


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