Mid 18th Century Chippendale Director First Edition Book

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The Gentleman and Cabinet-maker's Director: Being A Large Collection of the Most Elegant and Useful Designs of household Furniture, in … more The Gentleman and Cabinet-maker's Director: Being A Large Collection of the Most Elegant and Useful Designs of household Furniture, in the Most Fashionable Taste ....First Edition 1754. In excellent condition. 160 copperplates. The binding is tight and clean. The Book appears to have almost never been opened. There are a few scuffs to the front cover.. Very few blemishes throughout the book. Marbled endpapers. 17 1/4" tall, 11 1/2" wide 1 1/2" thick
The Bookplates of previous owners are glued to the front inside endpapers. George Lillie Craig ( 1798-1866) and Charles George Miles Gaskell ( 1842-1919) after that the Widner family of Phila. less