[Rarebooks] FS: 1897 German Guide to Making Pasteboard Fancy Work

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

TITLE: “Atlas zu dem werte die Verfertigung alter Arten Papp~ und
Galanterie~Arbeiten”

Published in Weimar by Bernhard Friedrich Voigt in 1897.

DISCUSSION: A fascinating illustrated guide to the tools and patterns for
making paperboard and other types of "fancy work"- decorated desk clocks,
calendars, picture frames, trinket boxes, and other Victorian smalls. The
ten double-page plates begin with 3 plates illustrating knives, brushes,
compasses, scribes, files, cutters, presses and other tools and small
machines necessary for the work. This is followed by 7 plates illustrating
finished items and patterns. 2 pages of text briefly describe the 165
illustrations. A companion text volume, not present here, was also
published.

DESCRIPTION: Hardcover. 8.5"x11", title page and 2 pages of plate
descriptions, plus 10 double-page lithographed plates with 163 figures.
Bound in period marbled boards with a pebbled cloth spine and tips.

CONDITION NOTES: Covers with moderate wear and rubbing. Pages toned, some
light scattered soil.

PRICE:  $150 -

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