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Auction House:
Auction Location:
Sydney
Date:
26-Nov-2008
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Description:
Thomas Sheraton. The Cabinet Makers and Upholsterers Drawing Book, Revised James Munro Bell, 1895 revised second edition, in four parts, single tome, printed title page, a complete copy with all pages present and all engravings correct as called for by the plate list, James Munro Bell, Gibbings & Company, 18 Bury Street Wc, London,1895, engraved title page foxed, some foxing throughout Sheraton was apprenticed to a cabinetmaker, but he became better known as an inventor, artist, mystic, and religious controversialist. Initially he wrote on theological subjects, describing himself as a 'mechanic, one who never had the advantage of collegiate or academic education.' He died in poverty in 1806 in Soho, London
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Category:
Unclassified