1795 EARLY USA BOOKPLATE Arts & Manufactures Physics
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1795 EARLY USA BOOKPLATE Arts & Manufactures Physics Experiments INVENTIONS
‘The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures’ is a rare late 18th-century collection of documents, correspondence, and letters, regarding patent inventions, philosophical societies, and mechanical engineering, and physics experiments.
This volume includes an early American book plate from the late 18th-century from the library of the late John Adam, a notable silversmith and painter in Virginia.
Item number: #9016
Price: $499
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The repertory of arts and manufactures.
London: printed for G. and T. Wilkie, and Robinson, 1795.
Details:
Collation: Volume 2
vii, 438
Lacking final pages of index
24 engraved plates
Provenance: Bookplate - John Adam’s Library, No. 61
John Adam (1774 - 1848) was a noted silversmith in Alexandria, Virginia. In addition, Adam was an amateur oil painter, and said to be a friend of Thomas Sully. Several metalworks and paintings attributed to Adam still survive.
Language: English
Binding: Leather; tight & secure
Visible repair at inner hinges
Size: ~8.5in X 5.25in (21.5cm x 13.5cm)
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9016
‘The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures’ is a rare late 18th-century collection of documents, correspondence, and letters, regarding patent inventions, philosophical societies, and mechanical engineering, and physics experiments.
This volume includes an early American book plate from the late 18th-century from the library of the late John Adam, a notable silversmith and painter in Virginia.
Item number: #9016
Price: $499
various
The repertory of arts and manufactures.
London: printed for G. and T. Wilkie, and Robinson, 1795.
Details:
Collation: Volume 2
vii, 438
Lacking final pages of index
24 engraved plates
Provenance: Bookplate - John Adam’s Library, No. 61
John Adam (1774 - 1848) was a noted silversmith in Alexandria, Virginia. In addition, Adam was an amateur oil painter, and said to be a friend of Thomas Sully. Several metalworks and paintings attributed to Adam still survive.
Language: English
Binding: Leather; tight & secure
Visible repair at inner hinges
Size: ~8.5in X 5.25in (21.5cm x 13.5cm)
Our Guarantee:
Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.
Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation!
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