Description

Large quarto, red coarse grained cloth in glossy pictorial dust-jacket. 483 pages. Concordance, Index. Illustrated with 25 color plates and 398 black and white illustrations, and 13 line drawings. Photographs by Charles Uht. First edition. A magnificent catalog of many of the major holdings of the Yale collections, presenting detailed entries and photographs of 233 objects ranging from the 1650’s to the 1950’s, with the majority dated pre 1850. . Forms included are boxes, table chests, chests and chests with drawers, chests of drawers, desks, library bookcases and bookcases, chest-on-chests, dressing and bureau tables, high chests, secretaries cupboards and presses, sideboards, cabinets, pianos, radios, et alia. No previous ownership marks. A very clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy, as new. Fine in a fine dust-jacket. A large heavy book, International and Priority orders will requite additional postage.