The Plate-Glass-Book Consisting of the following authentic TABLES. I The Value of any Looking-Glass when finished, and fit for framing.V. The several Discounts made at the Glass-Houses. To which is Prefixed, An Explanation of the Tables.With Some Observations concerning the Nature and Antiquity of Glass in general.Also of Mirrors both Concave and Convex. To which is Added, The Compleat Appraiser. Consisting of Ninety-Odd Tables, with Instructions for the valuing of Kitchen and Household Furniture.

A Glass-House Clerk

Published by London: Printed for the Author; and sold by W.Owen et. al. 1764, 1764

About this Item

Fourth Edition, Enlarged. Third edition of the Compleat Appraiser. Tall 12mo in 4s. (198x75mm). pp. xxv, [1], 170, [2], iv, 46, 46a-h, 47-74. Twentieth-century quarter brown morocco with small arts and crafts style decorative motifs on the joints, brown cloth covered boards. Slight rubbing to the joints and mild bumping to the corners. Overall in very good condition. Internally very good, some browning to edges of title page and final leaf. Gathering Gg has been repaired affecting the text but not legibility. Modern endpapers and blank preliminaries stamped "Birmingham Assay Office Library". ESTC locates three copies of this edition in UK institutions and four in the US. This book (first published in 1757 and running to three editions in its first three years) is dedicated to "Cabinet-Makers, Brokers, and Appraisers and also to other dealers in Plate-Glass". It tells us almost everything we could possibly want to know about the making, grinding, polishing, repairing of glass and mirrors with detailed tables for the pricing of this work depending on the size of the glass. The Compleat Appraiser, which forms the second part of this book, sets out tables for the valuing and measuring of iron, pewter, lead, damask, furniture and liquors (etc) for use in the kitchen. A fascinating insight into various 18th century domestic trades and their economics. ESTC. N20341.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Plate-Glass-Book Consisting of the following authentic TABLES. I The Value of any Looking-Glass when finished, and fit for framing.V. The several Discounts made at the Glass-Houses. To which is Prefixed, An Explanation of the Tables.With Some Observations concerning the Nature and Antiquity of Glass in general.Also of Mirrors both Concave and Convex. To which is Added, The Compleat Appraiser. Consisting of Ninety-Odd Tables, with Instructions for the valuing of Kitchen and Household ...
• Publisher: London: Printed for the Author; and sold by W.Owen et. al. 1764
• Publication Date: 1764