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STALKER, John and George PARKER. A Treatise of Japaning and Varnishing, Being a compleat Discovery of those Arts. Oxford: for the author, 1688. 2° (375 x 238mm). 14 copper-engraved plates only (of 24). (Title and various plates and leaves browned and repaired.) Contemporary calf, new endpapers (rebacked, recornered and rubbed). Provenance: Catherine Southerte (neat ownership inscription on title) -- J. Thorp (ownership inscription on errata and annotations).
FIRST EDITION OF A RARE WORK THAT IS OFTEN FOUND INCOMPLETE s the author recommended that the plates be removed and used as patterns. A variant giving both names on the title; two other titles exist, each giving either Stalker's or Parker's name only. The work is not only a model book for decorating furniture and smaller objects in the new oriental style, but also includes a comprehensive account of the techniques to be employed in japaning, gilding, burnishing, the production of glass-prints, varnishing and various trompe-l'oeil techniques amongst others. It is also an important source book for early ceramic designs, particularly Viennese porcelain. Percival 'A Treatise on Japaning' in The Connoisseur (1929) 84:153-163; Wing S-5187C.
FIRST EDITION OF A RARE WORK THAT IS OFTEN FOUND INCOMPLETE s the author recommended that the plates be removed and used as patterns. A variant giving both names on the title; two other titles exist, each giving either Stalker's or Parker's name only. The work is not only a model book for decorating furniture and smaller objects in the new oriental style, but also includes a comprehensive account of the techniques to be employed in japaning, gilding, burnishing, the production of glass-prints, varnishing and various trompe-l'oeil techniques amongst others. It is also an important source book for early ceramic designs, particularly Viennese porcelain. Percival 'A Treatise on Japaning' in The Connoisseur (1929) 84:153-163; Wing S-5187C.
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