Valuable secrets in arts and trades; or, approved directions from the best artists. Containing Upwards of One Thousand Approved Receipts.: For the the various methods Of Engraving on Brass, Copper, or Steel. Of the Composition of Metals Of the Composition of Varnishes Of Mastich, Cements, Sealing-Wax, &c. &c. Of the Glass Manufactory, various Imitations of Precious Stones, and French Paste O
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London: Printed by and for J. Barker (Dramatic Repository,) Great Russell Street, Covent Garden; and J. Scatcherd, Ave-Maria Lane, (Price Four Shillings, sewed.), [c.1800.]. 1800 12mo. v, [3], 351, [1] p. Publisher's adverts. Contemporary quarter calf with marbled boards. The boards rubbed with wear at the corners but firmly attached. Two gatherings of text moved forward but the text block is tight. The paper is uniformly toned. A sound copy. This popular collection of receipts went through many editions with various titles in UK and USA, but I have been unable to find another copy of this printing.
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- Valuable secrets in arts and trades; or, approved directions from the best artists. Containing Upwards of One Thousand Approved Receipts.
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- VALUABLE SECRETS
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- Used
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- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Printed by and for J. Barker (Dramatic Repository,) Great Russell Street, Covent Garden; and J. Scatcherd, Ave-Maria Lan
- Date Published
- [c.1800.]
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- Marbled boards
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Gatherings
- A term used in bookbinding, where a gathering of sheets is folded at the middle, then bound into the binding together. The...