Buy this book on-line HACKETT,W. H: : DECORATIVE FURNITURE (ENGLISH AND FRENCH) OF THE 16TH,17TH and 18TH CenturiesLONDON."ESTATES GAZETTE",LTD.,1902. ISBN No ISBN.
UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj,1st edn.VG.No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj - as issued?
Bright,crisp,generally clean,and generally sharp-cornered - miniscule
rubbing and ubiquitous shelf-wear to three corners; the fourth top front corner with some minimal rubbing/fraying - publisher's original plain green cloth bds with non-oxidised,bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip with clean plain white endpapers; with negligible shelf-wear or bumping to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Top+ fore-edges slightly aged/tanned with some
minimal sporadic spotting/foxing to both - as usual/normal; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread - apart from my own collation.
UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj - as issued?,1st edn,vi-xixpp+2-263pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,separate plates and illustrations lists/
tables,an author's introduction,21 chapters,15 tissue-guarded b/w
line illustrated plates,70+ b/w line illustrations interspersed throughout the text and the book,and an index,plus [unpaginated] half-title page,b/w line illustrated tissue-guarded frntis plate,and title page.Described hard but fairly and honestly - nowhere as bad as it reads - really in remarkable condition considering the book's age!
An authentic and descriptive account,together with explanatory and critical notes,of all the chief examples of the various styles and periods of furniture referred to in the book and which are exhibited at South Kensington Museum (then 1902).
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