By Ralph Edwards; Margaret Jourdain
London   Country Life Limited
11" by 8.5" xiv, 183pp.
A lovely first edition of this work concerning Georgian cabinet-makers, from the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie.
By Ralph Edwards; Margaret Jourdain

1944 Georgian Cabinet-Makers

London   Country Life Limited
11" by 8.5" xiv, 183pp.
A lovely first edition of this work concerning Georgian cabinet-makers, from the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie.
£90.00
: 0.75kgs / : 793A17

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First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

A charming study of Georgian cabinet-makers by Ralph Edwards and Margaret Jourdain. An interesting work concerning the careers of leading cabinet makers of the eighteenth century, assembling a corpus of furniture to assign to them individually. Chapters regard John Pelletier, Thomas Johnson, George Seddon, David Wright, and James Wyatt among many others. 

Illustrated with a frontispiece and one hundred and seventy figures. Collated, complete. 

From the library at Julian Park, Hertfordshire, belonging to Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. Audrey was the youngest daughter of an Anglo-American lumber and steel millionaire, sister to Edward James, a key figure in the Surrealist movement, and the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII.

She was an English socialite known for her beauty and for charming various wealthy men, she was included in The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton. A patron of the arts, she assisted Viscount Carlow financially in the publication of limited editions of numerous works by leading literary figures such as T E Lawrence, James Joyce, Wyndham Lewis, and others. A hedonistic pursuer, she was recognised as one of the 'Bright Young Things'. 

Signed by Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie to the front free endpaper. 

Condition

In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only and a minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Signed by Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie to the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean, only a touch of age toning to the leaves of text as usual. Illustrated with a frontispiece and one hundred and seventy figures. Collated, complete. 

Near Fine

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