Lot 18
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CHIPPENDALE, Thomas (bap. 1718-1779). The Gentleman and the Cabinet-Maker's Director. London: 1754. 2° (451 x 285mm). Half title, title printed in red and black, engraved dedication to Hugh, Earl of Northumberland, and 161 engraved plates by Müller (i.e. Miller) and Darly after Chippendale (there are two plates numbered XXV, the first of 'Chinese Chairs,' the second of a 'Chinese Sopha'). (G2 and first 4 plates heavily spotted, light occasional spotting throughout with one or two plates more heavily affected.) Contemporary panelled calf, middle panel ruled with a triple gilt fillet, a small outer swag-and-tail roll-tooled border, and larger inner tooling of repeated arcs with foliate infill and interspersed with thistles, the whole enclosing a central gilt rosette, gilt spine, re-backed in the 19th-century with marbled endpapers and gilt turn-ins, gilt edges (extremities rubbed). Provenance: Francis Palmer (19th-century engraved armorial bookplate) -- Sir David Lio
CHIPPENDALE, Thomas (bap. 1718-1779). The Gentleman and the Cabinet-Maker's Director. London: 1754. 2° (451 x 285mm). Half title, title printed in red and black, engraved dedication to Hugh, Earl of Northumberland, and 161 engraved plates by Müller (i.e. Miller) and Darly after Chippendale (there are two plates numbered XXV, the first of 'Chinese Chairs,' the second of a 'Chinese Sopha'). (G2 and first 4 plates heavily spotted, light occasional spotting throughout with one or two plates more heavily affected.) Contemporary panelled calf, middle panel ruled with a triple gilt fillet, a small outer swag-and-tail roll-tooled border, and larger inner tooling of repeated arcs with foliate infill and interspersed with thistles, the whole enclosing a central gilt rosette, gilt spine, re-backed in the 19th-century with marbled endpapers and gilt turn-ins, gilt edges (extremities rubbed). Provenance: Francis Palmer (19th-century engraved armorial bookplate) -- Sir David Lionel Goldsmid-Stern-Salomons, Bart (1851-1925, circular armorial bookplate).

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CHIPPENDALE, Thomas (bap. 1718-1779). The Gentleman and the Cabinet-Maker's Director. London: 1754. 2° (451 x 285mm). Half title, title printed in red and black, engraved dedication to Hugh, Earl of Northumberland, and 161 engraved plates by Müller (i.e. Miller) and Darly after Chippendale (there are two plates numbered XXV, the first of 'Chinese Chairs,' the second of a 'Chinese Sopha'). (G2 and first 4 plates heavily spotted, light occasional spotting throughout with one or two plates more heavily affected.) Contemporary panelled calf, middle panel ruled with a triple gilt fillet, a small outer swag-and-tail roll-tooled border, and larger inner tooling of repeated arcs with foliate infill and interspersed with thistles, the whole enclosing a central gilt rosette, gilt spine, re-backed in the 19th-century with marbled endpapers and gilt turn-ins, gilt edges (extremities rubbed). Provenance: Francis Palmer (19th-century engraved armorial bookplate) -- Sir David Lionel Goldsmid-Stern-Salomons, Bart (1851-1925, circular armorial bookplate).
FIRST EDITION OF CHIPPENDALE'S HIGHLY INFLUENTIAL FURNITURE PATTERN BOOK; 'all [of his] known commissions ... date from after its appearance. It was also highly influential in disseminating his designs throughout Britain, Europe, and the colonies' (ODNB). RIBA 631 (second edition).

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