[Rarebooks] FS: 1804 Varnisher's & Painter's Guide

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Tingry, P.F. THE PAINTER AND VARNISHER'S GUIDE; or, A TREATISE, BOTH IN 
THEORY AND PRACTICE, ON THE ART OF MAKING AND APPLYING VARNISHES; on the 
Different Kinds of Painting; and on the Method of Preparing Colours both 
simple and compound...

London; G. Kearsley: 1804.

The first English edition of this classic French work. The illustrations 
include two very dramatic folding plates showing a blazing, twenty-foot 
high log furnace for making tar, and a folding plate of the still-like 
apparatus used for making varnish. Hardcover. 5.5"x8.5", xlii + 540 pages; 
plus 5 engraved plates (3 folding) and a folding table. Very skillfully 
rebacked in calf, preserving most of the original period calf covers and 
most of the gilt-decorated spine. Some internal soil, plates with some soil 
and light spotting, several professional repairs to close tears. [08169] 
$750.00

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