Author: STOKES (J.):
Title: The Complete Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer's Guide: Comprising, the Rudiments and Principles of Cabinet-Making and Upholstery, with Familiar Instructions, Illustrated by Examples, for Attaining a Proficiency in The Art of Drawing: The Processes of Veneering, Inlaying, and Buhl-Work; the Art of Dying and Staining Wood, Ivory, Bone Tortoiseshell, &c. Directions for Lackering, Japanning, and Varnishing; to make French Polish, to Prepare the Best Glues, Cements, & Compositions; and A Number of Recipts, particularly useful to the workmen generally. Embellished with Sixteen Explanatory and Illustrative Engravings, by Mr. J. Stokes, With the Articles of Furniture elegantly coloured.
Description: London: Published by A. R. Newman & Co., Leadenhall-Street [Dean and Munday, Printers, Threadneedle Street] [1829]. FIRST EDITION. 12mo, 175 x 104 mms., pp. [iii] - xii, 133 [134 - 140 Index], folding engraved coloured plate as frontispiece, plates 2, 3, III and IV between pages 18 and 19, plate 6 at page 23, 10 coloured engraved plates (one folding) of furniture between pages 38 and 39, complete with sixteen plates, entirely uncut, original printed boards for A. E. Newman; short tear in fore-margin of last blank leaf, spine renewed, boards a little worn, but a very good copy, with a wraparound for the covers, preserved in a quarter calf slipcase. None of the few copies that I could find on Copac and OCLC list Newman as publisher, with Dean & Munday being listed on the title-page as publishers.

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