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(American Imprints) |
| Author: |
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| Title: |
One Thousand Valuable Secrets in the Elegant and Useful Arts, Collected from the Practice of the Best Artists, and Containing an Account of the Various Methods... |
| Place: |
Philadelphia |
| Publisher: |
B. Davies |
| Date: |
1795 |
| Item # : |
189866 |
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387 |
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12 |
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| Americana - Travel & Exploration - Cartography |
| Sale Date |
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09/11/2008 |
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1pm PST |
| Low Estimate |
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$ 500 |
| High Estimate |
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$ 800 |
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| Description: |
| xxxvi, 377 pp. (8vo) 6¾x4, period full calf with modern leather spine. First American Edition. |
| First American Edition of the French 'Secrets Concernant les Arts et Metiers'. Includes instruction on copper engraving, sealing wax, glass manufacture, dyes for skins and gloves, ink making, confectionary, snuff making, etc., etc. |
| Condition: |
| Edges worn, crudely rebacked; several signatures loose or detached, a few page edges rough; fair. |
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