[Rarebooks] FS: 1889 Guide to Marquetry & Inlaid Work

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"Nouveau Manuel Complet du Marqueteur du Tabletier et de l’Ivoirier"

By Maigne & Robichon. Published in Paris by Librairie Encyclopedique de
Roret in 1889.

A wide-ranging French guide to marquetry and inlay work, covering work in
ivory, bone, baleen, mother-of-pearl, amber, horn, tortoiseshell, and
celluloid. The text discusses the uses of materials and techniques for
decorating furniture, snuff boxes, pipes, combs, jewelry, and other
objects. Scarce.

Hardcover. 4”x6.25”, iv + 428 pages, 43 line illustrations in the text.
Bound in new quarter leather with raised bands, gilt title and marbled
boards and endpapers. Covers fine, text with some very light scattered
foxing and minor soil.  French text. $400.00

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