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Lot 66
Sale 5724 - Books and Manuscripts
Feb 17, 2022
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Live / Philadelphia
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[Decorative Arts] Wathner, Joseph Der vollstandige kenner der gisenwaaren und ihrer zeichen...
Gratz: Gedruckt mit Kienreich'schen Schriften, 1825. First edition. 4to. 97, (1), (14) (index) pp. Illustrated with five folding tables, and engraved vignette title-page and 39 engraved folding plates at rear. Original stiff paper wrappers, original printed spine label; wrappers slightly worn and soiled; label chipped.
Scarce German trade catalogue of ironware made in the foundry of Joseph Wathner. Remarkably preserved in its original wrappers, this catalogue depicts hundreds of various types of hardware including horseshoes, hammers, spades, furnaces, and other types of ironware.
From the library of bibliographer, bookseller, and arms collector, Raymond L.J. Riling (1896-1974), and with his book-plate on verso of front wrapper.