Beschreibung:

Whittock (Nathaniel). The Decorative Painters' & Glaziers' Guide; containing the most approved methods of imitating oak, mahogany, maple, rose, cedar, coral, and every other kind of fancy wood, verd antique, dove, sienna, porphyry, white veined, and other marbles; in oil or distemper colour; designs for decorating apartments, in accordance with the various styles of architecture ... 3rd edition ('with considerable additions'), Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1832, 364 pp., 102 lithographed plates, of which 45 hand-coloured or tinted, some heightened with gum arabic, tissue-guard to each plate, contents generally in clean condition, 4-page catalogue of books published by Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper bound in at front, dated 1826, and a further 4-page catalogue of books published for the same publishers, smaller in format, bound in before (some spotting), contemporary plum cloth, with gilt morocco label to spine, faded to brown on spine and edges, spine label slightly chipped, and some wear to joints and extremities, particularly to head of front joint, 4to (Qty: 1) Abbey Life 81; British Coloured Books (Ipex 80) 12 (for the first edition of 1827). The first work in English to deal with interior decoration in detail in its various forms, including mural decoration, stained and painted glass, as well as marbling. In the preface to this edition, dated April 1832, the author states 'in the present day when the liberal spirit of the age calls for embellishments of every description, and when there are thousands of artizans... it was deemed a sufficient reason for publishing a complete compendium of information on the Art of Staining Glass', also adding that the 'specimens of Marble' have been selected with great care from those in the Radcliffe Library, the Ashmolean Museum, and from private Collections'.