[Rarebooks] FS: Abel Buell, Silversmith- Acorn Club, 1926. 1/102 copies

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The original, limited edition of one of
the rarest American Silver Studies-

Wroth, Lawrence C. ABEL BUELL OF CONNECTICUT. SILVERSMITH, TYPE FOUNDER &
ENGRAVER.

New Haven; printed for The Acorn Club: 1926.
Edition limited to 102 copies.

A nice copy of one of the rarest of all American silver titles. The 1958
Wesleyan reprint is common enough, but the original edition is scarce at
best. Who the heck was Buell anyway? Abel Buell was trained and worked as
a silversmith, but he was also an engraver (as many silversmiths were), a
type-founder, engineer, armourer, inventor, auctioneer, ship owner and
mill operator... Wroth, an eminent and indefatigable antiquarian, spent
three years researching Buell for this study, which was printed for the
Acorn Club by Carl Purlington Rollins of the Yale University Press.

Softcover. 6.25"x9.5", 86 pages, 7 plates, 2 folding. Some cover wear,
etc.; a fragile item in fairly good shape; do not use this copy for
reference -buy another copy of the 1958 edition and keep this one on the
shelf. [04627] $400.00

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