In good condition. Volume I is rebound in sturdy library binding. Fresh end papers as well. Interior is toned with some chipping to edges and staining. Foxing throughout. Complete and collated. Volume I has original boards with light wear to extremities. Leather remains soft and rich in color. Light creasing to spine. Hinges lightly cracked. Old hand ownership on front flyleaf. Interior typically toned with scattered foxing and offsetting from plates. Bindings are both intact. Free of known markings. Please see photos. Scarce set on important technologies of the early 19th century. Paper making information that was later reprinted in limited edition in the 20th century. Includes principal methods for the manufacture of paper for books and loose letters. This set had a long and important record of American citizens, consisting of 796 members, including Thomas Jefferson, printer Mathew Carey, Miers Fishser, Thomas Giplin, Rembrandt Peale, William Kneass, Oliver Evans, E.I. DuPont, Andrew Ellicott, Thomas Hartley Crawford, William Gibson and Aaron Ogden to name a few. Seller Inventory # RAREA1814BRSK

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Title: The American Artist s Manual, or Dictionary ...

Publisher: Johnson & Warner

Publication Date: 1814

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Robin Rare Books is the RARE BOOKS DIVISION of the Midtown Scholar Bookstore. Established in 2001, we are the LARGEST ACADEMIC USED BOOKSTORE between New York and Chicago, with more than TWO MILLION second-hand and out-of-print SCHOLARLY BOOKS IN ALL FIELDS. Our Harrisburg shop has been named the region's Best Independent Bookstore.

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The Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Inc. (Rare Books Division)
3401 North Sixth Street, Harrisburg, PA, 17110, U.S.A.

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Chosen as Publishers Weekly's 2023 Bookstore of the Year! Robin Rare Books is the RARE BOOKS DIVISION of the Midtown Scholar Bookstore. Established in 2001, we are the LARGEST ACADEMIC USED BOOKSTORE between New York and Chicago, with more than TWO MILLION second-hand and out-of-print SCHOLARLY BOOKS IN ALL FIELDS. Our Harrisburg shop has been named the region's Best Independent Bookstore. ... A buyer is eligible to receive a full refund if a book is not in the condition described.

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