WOOLNOUGH CHARLES WINGHAM The Art of Marbling as applied to

Sale 1928 - Lot 294

Price Realized: $ 2,990

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 2,000

WOOLNOUGH, CHARLES WINGHAM. The Art of Marbling, as applied to Book Edges and Paper, containing Full Instructions for executing British, French, Spanish, Italian, Nonpariel<> [sic], etc., etc.<> 32 marbled paper specimens bound in. Small 8vo, original flexible cloth, worn, spine faded, some stains on covers. London, 1854

Set Alert for Similar Items

Additional Details

"Second edition" (i. e., first edition, second issue) of a work first published the preceding year, " . . . a major landmark because it is the first true textbook of marbling . . . His work was the standard until the publication of Joseph Halfer's . . . Woolnough's book, and his subsequent writings, are not only important for the technical details they provide; they also give a window on the sociological and economic aspects of the industry in England"--Easton, page 48.<