first edition Hardcover
1883 · New York
by Shoppell, R.W.
New York: Cooperative Building Plan Association, Architects, 1883. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. decorated taupe cloth lettered in red, beveled edges. Very good. 3 pages in text. Folio, 35 x 28 cm. 700 illustrations, each plan is priced and accompanied with letterpress details. Our copy is No. 9640, attesting that the purchaser can request a loan from the publisher by presenting the aforementioned number. An extremely valuable and well illustrated treatise. Chapters on furniture and decoration; hall and staircase; dining room; drawing room; bedrooms; library; kitchen; hints to purchasers of furniture; wall and ceiling papers; glass for home decoration; how to hang pictures; needlework in decoration; the piano; stenciling and gilding; about the use of colors; carpets; screens; over mantels and over doors; the decoration of doors; rustic work; warming the house and practical miscellany. The illustrations include numerous fully furnished room interiors. HITCHCOCK 1171. Wear to backstrip foot, and lower corners, nick to front cover joint.
(Inventory #: 24158)