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An American scientist on the Land of Cocoa View picture(s) 1 EWBANK, Thomas. Life in Brazil; or, a journal of a visit to the land of the cocoa and the palm with an appendix, containing illustrations of ancient South American arts. In recently discovered implements and products of domestic industry, and works in stone, pottery, gold, silver, bronze, &c. New York, Harper & Brothers, publishers, 1856. Large 8vo (24 x 15.5 cm). Publishers embossed cloth, gilt spine. With over one hundred illustrations. XVI, 469 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Applied Arts  Brazil  English  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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On an interesting collection of 264 pieces of applied art View picture(s) 2 HUYVETTER, Joan d'. Objets rares, recueillis et publiés par Joan. d' Huyvetter. Gent, P.F. De Goesin-Verhaeghe, 1829. Sm. folio. Contemp. half calf, marbled boards, blue sprinkled edges. Frontispiece with lithographed portrait of Joan d' Huyvetter in his 49th year, by De Wasme-Pletinckx after P. van Huffel and Madou pasted in, 22 full-page engraved plates with detailed illustrations of vases, tankards, beer mugs, wine jugs, decanters, goblets, serving trays, dishes, clocks and stained-glass windows by the Gand artist Charles Onghena (1806-1886). (4), 4 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Applied Arts  Belgicana  Libraries & Collections  Pottery & Ceramics  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Baking your bread, distilling gin and brewing beer in a cheaper manner View picture(s) 3 MÜLLER, Friedrich Christoph. Vollständige Beschreibung der Sparöfen und Heerde welche in der Grafschaft Mark schon seit vielen Jahren gebräuchlich und bewährt befunden sind. Nebst einer Nachricht vom Brodtbacken, Bierbrauen und Branntweinbrennen bei Steinkohlen und einem Anhange über Thermolampen, Fumivoren und Phylogoscopen der Franzosen. Weimar, Landes=Industrie=Comtoirs, 1803. 8vo. Contemporary boards. With 7 folding engraved plates. VIII, 70 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Applied Arts  Industry  Technics  Technology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The progress of South Australia exhibited View picture(s) 4 SCOTT, Henry James. South Australia in 1887. A handbook for the Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition, with introduction by Sir Samuel Davenport. Adelaide, E. Spiller, Government Printer, 1887. 8vo. Contemporary full red shagreen, ribbed spine with gilt-lettered title, gilt double fillets, border and corner pieces on sides, gilt binding edges and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers and edges. With a folding lithographed plan. 282 [including, 120a-b], pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Applied Arts  Australia & New Zealand  Colonial History  Economy  Exhibitions  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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600 examples of monograms View picture(s) 5 SYMPSON, Samuel. A new book of cyphers, more compleat & regular than any ever published wherein the whole alphabet twice over consisting of 600 cyphers, is variously chang'd interwoven & reverse'd. Very entertaining toy curious & useful to all sorts of artificers. London, for John Bowles and Son, (1750). Sm. 4to. Contemp. calf, spine ribbed in 6 compartments. Engraved title, 102 full-page engraved plates each with 6 monograms, of which last plate with crowns and helmets of the nobility. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Applied Arts  England  Ornaments  Typography  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Including a part on Japanese and Chinese lacquer View picture(s) 6 WATIN, Jean Felix. L' Art du peintre, doreur, vernisseur, ouvrage utile aux artistes & aux amateurs qui veulent entreprendre de peindre, dorer & vernir toutes fortes de sujets et batimens, meubles, bijoux, equipages, &c. in-8o de plus de 400 pages en trois parties. Quatrieme édition. Revue, corrigée & augmentée. Paris, for the author, 1785. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, gold-tooled spine, marbled edges. Woodcut head- and tailpieces. XXXII, 380, [3] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Applied Arts  Art  France  Painting & Drawing  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Extremely rare model book View picture(s) 7 WÖlFER, Marius. Sammlung von auserlesenen und ausführbaren architektonischen  Garten-Verzierungen enthaltend: Verschiedene Lust-  und Gartenhäuser, Tempel, Hütten, Brücken, Gartensitze,  Lauben, Nischen, Vermachungen, Thore, Thüren, Tische,  Bänke, Stühle, Canapées, Gondeln, Schaukeln, Kegelbahnen,  Vergitterungen, Lanternenträger, Treppengeländer, etc.  als Muster für Gartenliebhaber, Maurer und Steinhauer,  Tüncher, Zimmerleute, Schreiner, Schlosser und Glaser,  so wie auch zum Gebrauch als Vorlegeblätter in Kunst-  und Handwerkschulen. Zweite ganz umgearbeitete, verbesserte und stark vermehrte Auflage. Gotha, Carl Glaeser, (ca. 1826). 4to. Original wrappers. With numerous illustrations of garden architecture and ornaments on 35 full-page lithographed plates. No text. Full description >> Related Subjects: Applied Arts  Architecture  Gardens  Modelbooks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Interesting collection of promotional material designed by Dutch Contructionists View picture(s) 8 ZWART, Piet. Het boek van PTT. Leiden, Nederlandsche Rotogravure Mij., 1938. 8vo. Original colour printed wrappers. With colour illustrations a.o. photo-montages, throughout, all designed by Piet Zwart. (2), 49, (1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 20th Century  Applied Arts  Graphic  Netherlands  Royalty  Typography  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Nice specialist work on the proper construction and use of chimneys View picture(s) 9 [HEBRARD, Pierre]. Caminologie, ou traité des Cheminées, contenant des Observations sur les différentes causes qui font fumer les Cheminées, avec des moyens pour corriger ce défaut. Ouvrage Intéressant & utile, tant pour les Particuliers, que pour les Artistes. Dijon, F. Desventes, 1756. Sm.8vo. Contemp. mottled calf, spine richly gilt with floral decorations, marbled endpapers and edges. With engraved frontispiece depicting a compass-rose and 30 illustrations of chimneys on 20 folding engraved plates. (4), XLIV, 187, (17) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Applied Arts  Architecture  Engravings  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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