Author: Gardner, F.B.
Title: The Carriage Painters' Manual. Containing a Treatise on the Art, Science, and Mystery of Coach, Carriage, and Car Painting
Description: New York, S.R. Wells, 1871. Fifth Edition, 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. 126pp +16pp ads. Maroon cloth, gilt lettering to cover and spine. Soiling and light wear to cover, light dampstaining and foxing to some margins and endpapers, text is mildly age-toned. An 18th century discourse on the art of painting and decorating carriages, gilding, varnishing, staining and ornamenting, and the materials required. An early printing of this title. Good.

Keywords: Carriages Wagons Decorating


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