WOOD SAMPLE PATTERN BOOK with separately published descriptive text volume: Collection of 144 indigenous & exotic woodsamples for the use of pharmacists, chemists, artisans, builders & merchants - Weimar 1797-1799

Hildt, Johann Adolph (1735-1805). Sammlung in - und ausländischer Holzarten. Erster Band, welcher 144 Holzarten enthält [&] Beschreibung in-und ausländischer Holzarten . 2 volumes in 8vo. Weimar [Carl Wilhelm Ettinger] 1797-1799

Publication Date: 1797

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Hildt, Johann Adolph. Sammlung in-und ausländischer Holzarten, zur technologischen Kenntniß, Charakteristik und Waarenkunde aller Kunst-Farb-und Apothekerhölzer. Erster Band, welcher 144 Holzarten enthält. Gotha, in der Expedition der Handlungszeitung und in Kommission des F.S.Industrie Comptoirs zu Weimar [Weimar, Carl Wilhelm Ettinger, 1797] 4to. Printed title mounted on contemporary board with publisher's advertisement pasted on reverse 1 and 12 board-plates (205 x 165 mm) each comprising 12 square wood samples measuring 48 x 48 mm, totalling 144 sections, each numbered and described in Latin & German with a printed ticket label, followed by a folding index printed on paper with the names of all samples contained. Half calf, contemporary marbled boards, original marbled endpapers. An extremely rare collection of 144 choice samples of known domestic, foreign and tropical woods formed to promote the knowledge of grains and colours of different woods to be usefully applied in technology, art, architecture and pharmacology for the use of builders, artisans, architects, chemists and merchants. Resin was also used for wound treatment. Each sample is labeled in a printed ticket in Latin and German followed by a printed number. Each of the 12 boards containing the samples is surrounded with a marbled paper border. The edges of the album are blocked in red. The top corner of the index leaf is lacking some text, otherwise the album is very well preserved. It is offered with a separately published text volume from the same press (Weimar, Carl Wilhelm Ettinger,1799) describing the qualities and characteristics of woods for the use of artists and artisans for staining and dyeing. 8vo. VIII+ 251 + [1]pp including errata leaf. Including separate bibliographical source indexes in Latin, French, German, English at the beginning and a subject index at the end for the convenience of consulation. Bound in contemporary marbled boards, an interleaved copy designed for annotations. Lacking a supplement volume of 6 album leaves issued later. Hildt (1734-1805) was a Gotha city treasurer and merchant who published several weekly trade journals on the manufacturing industries, the applied arts, and new inventions. His beautiful collection of wood samples was advertised for sale at the Gotha Forestry Board and acquired by the Prussian Commission of Arts & Crafts in 1802. Both album and text volume are remarkably well preserved as essential hand-guides for artisans and merchants of the period and must be considered rare survivals in such remarkable condition. OCLC 488959555.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: WOOD SAMPLE PATTERN BOOK with separately published descriptive text volume: Collection of 144 indigenous & exotic woodsamples for the use of pharmacists, chemists, artisans, builders & merchants - Weimar 1797-1799
• Publication Date: 1797
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket