G[arnier] (A[thanase]) Appreciateur du Mobilier, ou le moyen de savoir faire l'estimation et la verification du Mobilier le plus etendu, et de former des devis pour toute espece d'ameublement, first edition, half-title, signed by the author on title, occasional spotting or browning, light water-staining to a few leaves (mostly to Table at end), contemporary sheep-backed paste-paper boards, rubbed, spine ends worn and chipped, l'Auteur & Chaumerot, 1821 § ⁂ (M.) Art de l'Ornemaniste, du stucateur, du carreleur en paves de mosaique, et du decorateur en divers genres, half-title, folding engraved plate, 14pp. publisher's catalogue at end, light foxing, original printed yellow wrappers, uncut, a little soiled and frayed at edges, Audot, 1828, 8vo & 12mo, Paris (2)
⁂ The first is a very rare manual of furniture and furnishings for the interior designer/decorator of the time, complete with estimates. WorldCat lists only 4 copies of the first (1 in America, 3 on Continent) and 6 of the second; neither appear on COPAC.
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