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    By W. Griggs
    London   W. Griggs and Sons
    15.5" by 11.5" Unpaginated
    A very scarce first edition of this large folio, featuring 53 plates showcasing historic iron designs and objects held in the South Kensington Museum, now the Victoria and Albert Museum.
    By W. Griggs

    1898 Iron Work: 53 Plates, from Objects and Drawings in the South Kensington Museum

    London   W. Griggs and Sons
    15.5" by 11.5" Unpaginated
    A very scarce first edition of this large folio, featuring 53 plates showcasing historic iron designs and objects held in the South Kensington Museum, now the Victoria and Albert Museum.
    £195.00
    : 1.5kgs / : 985H31
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    Description

    First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

    In the publisher's original cloth binding. 

    First edition. 

    A very scarce copy of this work.

    A large folio volume comprising fifty-three full-page plates reproducing historic wrought-iron and cast-iron designs from objects held in the South Kensington Museum (now the Victoria and Albert Museum). Collated, complete. 

    The plates illustrate ornamental hinges, locks, screens, railings, grilles, gates, balcony work, and architectural ironmongery

    Condition

    In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Discreet stamp from Assay Office Library, Birmingham. Slight discolouration to boards. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. The odd slight handling mark. Spine slightly faded. Hinges cracked, with binding materials slightly exposed, but holding. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean if slightly age toned with one or two spots, more so to firt and last few leaves.

    Very Good Indeed

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