Author: CAULFEILD, S. F. A.
Title: House Mottoes and Inscriptions: Old and New New and Revised Edition Illustrated
Description: Detroit, MI: Singing Tree Press, 1968. First Edition Thus. Reprint; Hardcover. ISBN: 3822859915. Cover is brown with gold lettering on spine. Tan endpapers. Pages are clean and tight. Interior of book appears as if unused. Looks like one of those books that gets purchased and then just sits around for decades, untouched except for occasionally moving it from hither to yon. Illustrated with b/w photos. This is a reprint of the title originally published in 1908, London, by Elliot Stock, Paternoster Row, E. C.. Sections are: Introduction: Ancient Inscriptions; English Inscriptions; Scottish and Irish Inscriptions; Sundial Inscriptions, including some on Posy Rings, Organs, Bells, and Others. This Singing Tree Press reprint is very scarce. ; B&W Illustrations; 5 1/2 x 8 3/4; 149 pages; Cover has light bumping and edge wear, some scuffing/rubbing. Some sunning on edges of text block.. Near Fine .

Keywords: S.F. A. Caulfeild; Architecture; Architectural Design; Architectural History; Historic Architecture; Houses; House Restoration; House Mottoes; Cultural History; Cultural History Architecture European History Archaeology Art Furniture/Interiors/Decorating


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