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Gardner, J. Starkie.
English Ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth Centuries.
Publisher: B. T. Batsford, London;
Date of Publication: 1911
Stock Code: 10394
FIRST EDITION. Large octavo, pp., xxxvi, 336. Engraved and letterpress title-pages. With photographic frontispiece and 88 collotype plates from photographs chiefly by Horace Dan; over 150 illustrations throughout the text. Publishers’ midnight blue buckram with gilt titles and decorative embellishments to spine and upper board; top edge gilt; blue ribbon place-marker. Spine and corners slightly rubbed; contents clean with no annotation or inscriptions. A Near Fine copy. The standard work on the subject, a monograph covering gates, screens, railings and other examples of the smith’s art in street and architectural furniture. Scarce. Heavyweight so a contribution towards increased postage charges will be requested for overseas delivery. £60.00