Fret-Cutting and Perforated Carving with Practical Instructions
- Lithographed title within an ornamental mirror frame showing carved fretwork + 52 large woodcut designs (several double-page), o
- London and Derby: Bembrose & Sons, 1871
London and Derby: Bembrose & Sons, 1871. First Edition. Lithographed title within an ornamental mirror frame showing carved fretwork + 52 large woodcut designs (several double-page), on 31 leaves. 10, [2]; [10] pp. publisher’s catalogue. 1 vols. 4to. Publisher’s blind-stamped green cloth, stamped in blind and lettered in gold; with ticket “bound by Bemrose & Sons, Derby.” Very slight rubbing to spine tips and lower joint, else about fine, neatly rebacked. With Christmas inscription dated 1871 on the flyleaf. First Edition. Lithographed title within an ornamental mirror frame showing carved fretwork + 52 large woodcut designs (several double-page), on 31 leaves. 10, [2]; [10] pp. publisher’s catalogue. 1 vols. 4to. Superb copy of this fine trade catalogue from Bemrose (1831-1908), author of A MANUAL OF WOOD CARVING, which, according to the author’s Preface to this work, had already entered its fourth edition.