The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director. Being a Large Collection of the Most Elegant and Useful Designs of Household Furniture], 77 engraved plates only (comprising nos. 2-11, 13-15, 17, 19-25, 25bis, 28-77, 79-81, 83-85), the first and last defective, 7 damp stained, some spotting, lacks title and preliminaries, disbound, folio (455 x 290mm.), [c.1754]--[DARLY (MATTHIAS) The Ornamental Architect, or Young Artists Instructor... Publish'd by Matthias Darly], engraved dedication leaf addressed to "the artists, manufacturers & mechanics of Great Britain & Ireland", index leaf, and 96 engraved plates (of 99, lacking nos. 99-100 and 102), 2 additional ?eighteenth century pen, watercolour and grey wash designs for pine cone ornaments (c.120 x 120mm.) tipped-in, lacks title and frontispiece, light dampstain in upper fore-corner of plates 14-19, small loss to fore-edge of plates 90 to end (touching imprint of plates 92-94 and 98, final 4 strengthened at margins on verso), occasional spotting, modern cloth [cf. ESTC T135950, citing 3 copies only; Harris 188 or 189], folio (415 x 260mm.), [?Robert Sayer, 1771] (2)
The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director. Being a Large Collection of the Most Elegant and Useful Designs of Household Furniture], 77 engraved plates only (comprising nos. 2-11, 13-15, 17, 19-25, 25bis, 28-77, 79-81, 83-85), the first and last defective, 7 damp stained, some spotting, lacks title and preliminaries, disbound, folio (455 x 290mm.), [c.1754]--[DARLY (MATTHIAS) The Ornamental Architect, or Young Artists Instructor... Publish'd by Matthias Darly], engraved dedication leaf addressed to "the artists, manufacturers & mechanics of Great Britain & Ireland", index leaf, and 96 engraved plates (of 99, lacking nos. 99-100 and 102), 2 additional ?eighteenth century pen, watercolour and grey wash designs for pine cone ornaments (c.120 x 120mm.) tipped-in, lacks title and frontispiece, light dampstain in upper fore-corner of plates 14-19, small loss to fore-edge of plates 90 to end (touching imprint of plates 92-94 and 98, final 4 strengthened at margins on verso), occasional spotting, modern cloth [cf. ESTC T135950, citing 3 copies only; Harris 188 or 189], folio (415 x 260mm.), [?Robert Sayer, 1771] (2)
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