Author: Booth, M.L.
Title: The Marble-Workers' Manual. Designed for the Use of Marble-Workers, Builders, and Owners of Houses
Description: Philadelphia, Henry Carey Baird & Co, 1886. Hardcover. Stamped blue cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; ix, 254, 32 pp. folded bw illustration in pocket at rear of book. Translated from the French, by M.L. Booth. With an appendix concerning American marbles. "Containing practical information respecting marbles in genera; their cutting, working, and polishing; veneering of marble; painting upon and coloring of marble; mosaics; composition and use of artificial marble; stuccos, cements: recipts, secrets, etc. etc. Good (library numbers on bottom of spine, library bookplate inside front cover, library envelope inside rear cover, shelfwear overall to boards, title page is loose, age toning to pages as expected with age but text is otherwise clear.

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