Sale 659: Fine & Rare Books with three important ancient sculptures from Gandhara (#659) 11/15/2018 11:00 AM PST CLOSED!

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Lot 127 of 230:
MacQuoid's History of English Furniture  

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Estimate:
$700 - $1,000

Title:
A History of English Furniture. The Age of Oak; The Age of Walnut; The Age of Mahogany; The Age of Satinwood.

Author:
MacQuoid, Percy

Place:
London

Publisher:
Lawrence & Bullen

Date:
1904-08

Description:

4 volumes. With sixty chromolithograph plates after Shirley Slocombe, and hundreds of other plates in black & white. (Folio) 38x28 cm (15x11"), finely bound in brown three quarter morocco and cloth, gilt-tooled spines with raised bands, lettered in gilt; marbled endpapers; top edges gilt. First Editions.

The definitive study on the subject and long the standard reference for collectors. Rare encountered complete and in collectible condition. With the armorial bookplates of George Hubbard on front pastedowns. Handsomely bound.


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Condition:
Some rubbing and scuffing to cloth and leather, scuffing to extremities, corner tips worn; interiors sound with bright plates; very good or better.


 
Item number:
289986
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