Item #23981 The Decorative Painters' and Glaziers' Guide; containing the Most Approved Methods of Imitating Oak, Mahogany, Maple, Rose, Cedar, Coral, and every other kind of Fancy Wood: Verd Antique, Dove, Sienna, Porphyry, White Veined, and other Marbles in Oil or Distemper Colour: Designs for Decorating Apartments, in accordance with the various styles of Architecture; with Directions for Stenciling, and process for Destroying Damp in Walls; also a Complete Body of Information on the Art of Staining and Painting on Glass; plans for the erection of Apparatus for Annealing it; and the Method of Joining Figures together by Leading, with Examples of Ancient Windows. Paint, Nathaniel Whittock.

The Decorative Painters' and Glaziers' Guide; containing the Most Approved Methods of Imitating Oak, Mahogany, Maple, Rose, Cedar, Coral, and every other kind of Fancy Wood: Verd Antique, Dove, Sienna, Porphyry, White Veined, and other Marbles in Oil or Distemper Colour: Designs for Decorating Apartments, in accordance with the various styles of Architecture; with Directions for Stenciling, and process for Destroying Damp in Walls; also a Complete Body of Information on the Art of Staining and Painting on Glass; plans for the erection of Apparatus for Annealing it; and the Method of Joining Figures together by Leading, with Examples of Ancient Windows.

London: G. Virtue, 1827. First edition. Full Calf. Quarto, pp 332, illustrated with 85 plates of which 30 are hand colored. Good: rear cover detached but present, some foxing, browning, creased pages. Item #23981

Chapters on the natures and properties of pigments; Grecian, Roman and Gothic embellishments; painting and staining furniture; history of staining and painting on glass; and much more. A rare, and complete work, in need of rebinding/rebacking. Currently the only copy available anywhere.

Price: $1,500.00

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