Sold for:
$10,800
$10,800
London: Printed for the Author, 1762. Folio, 19th Century full mottled calf, gilt decorations and inlay to boards, spine decorated in gilt, gilt inner dentelles, stamped Riviere and Son. Third edition, augmented by Chippendale with 40 additional plates. A complete set of 200 copper-plate engravings, plus dedication, of furniture designs "calculated to improve and refine the present Taste, and suited to the Fancy and Circumstances of Persons in all Degrees of Life." An internally fine copy. Boards scuffed and scratched; professional repairs to joints; otherwise in a sound binding.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2008-05-06
