[Rarebooks] FS: 1889 French Guide to Marquetry- Bone, Horn, Baleen, Amber, Mother-of-Pearl &c

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

“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 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.

Nicolas-Edme Roret [1797-1860] was the editor of a groundbreaking 
popular series of Victorian-era technical "encyclopedias". Roret came 
from a family of booksellers and printers, and in 1822 he began 
publishing scientific works, and then began his "Librairie 
Encyclopedique de Roret", a series of technical manuals on the history 
and practice of science, manners, arts and crafts, and trades. The 
"Manuals Roret", written by professionals and experts in their subjects, 
eventually totaled some 300 titles, touching on subjects ranging from 
astronomer to National Guardsman to painter and butcher. The manuals 
were a huge success, and many titles went through several editions.

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. Some minor soil, but otherwise clean and nice, 
with a tight binding. $125

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