From the Library of Charles Edison, Specially Bound for Him

Collection of 26 Volumes on Decorative arts including: Les Maitres Ebenistes français au XVIIIe siècle; Three Centuries of Furniture in Color by H.D. Molesworth And John Kenworthy-Browne; English Decoration in the XVIII Century; French Cabinetmakers in the Eighteenth Century; etc.

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Illustrated. Folio and 4to. From the Library of Charles Edison, Specially Bound for Him. Bound uniformly in purple morocco with "Governor Charles Edison Library" on the front pastedown, t.e.g., by Bookends Bindery. Each spine is uniformly faded, else fine.

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1. English Decoration in the 18th Centrury. By John Fowler and John Cornforth. London: Barriue & Jenkins, [1974]
2. French Decorative Art 1638-1793. By George Savage. N.Y.: Praeger, [1969]
3. A Book of Distinctive Interiors. Ed. William A. Vollmer. N.Y.: McBride, Nast, and Company, 1912.
4. Louis XVI Furniture. By Seymour De Ricci. Stuttgart: Julius Hoffmann [1913]
5. Three Centuries of Furniture in Color. By H.D. Molesworth and John Kenworthy-Browne. N.Y.: Viking Press, 1972.
6. Historic Midwest Houses. By John Drury. Minneapolis: The University of Minnesota Press, 1947.
7. Great Palaces of Europe. Introduction by Sacheverell Sitwell. London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1964.
8. Le Meuble Léger en France. By Guillaume Janneau. Paris: Paul Hartmann, 1952.
9. Les Ébénistes du XVIIIe Siècle. By Comte de Salverte. Paris: F. de Nobele, 1962.
10. Les Ébénistes Parisiens du XIXe siècle (1795-1870). Paris: F. de Nobele, 1965.
11. World Architecture: an Illustrated History. Ed. Trewin Copplestone. Secaucus, N.J., 1976.
12. Furniture Clocks and Gilt Bronzes, In Two Volumes, Volume I. By Geoffrey de Bellaigue. London: Published for the National Trust by Office du Livre, 1974.
13. Furniture Clocks and Gilt Bronzes, In Two Volumes, Volume II. By Geoffrey de Bellaigue. London: Published for the National Trust by Office du Livre, 1974.
14. L'Art et la Manière des Maitres Ébénistes Français au XVIIIe Siècle, Tome I, Les Truquages. By Jean Nicolay. Paris: Editions Pygmalion, 1976.
15. French Provincial Decorative Art. By Catharine Oglesby. London, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1951.
16. Versailles. By Gérald van der Kemp. New York, Paris: The Vendome Press, 1978.
17. Decoration, Volume I. Ed. Souren Mélikian. New York: French & European Publications Inc, 1963.
18. Decoration, Volume II. Ed. Souren Mélikian. New York: French & European Publications Inc, 1963.
19. La Pendule Française, des Origines a nos jours. Paris: Tardy, 1976.
20. French Cabinetmakers of the Eighteenth Century. By Jean Meuvret. New York: French & European Publications, Inc, 1965
21. Furniture Treasury (Mostly of American Origin). By Wallace Nutting. Volumes I and II in One. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co, Inc, 1977.
22. Furniture Treasury (Mostly of American Origin). By Wallace Nutting. Volume Three. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co. Inc, 1977.
23. Les Petits Meubles. By Guillaume Janneau. Paris: Editions d'Arts, 1977.
24. French Art of the Eighteenth Century. By Stéphane Faniel. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1957.
25. Le Style Louis XV. By Gérard Mabille. Paris, Baschet et Cie, 1978.
26. Paris Furniture by the Master Ébénistes. By Charles Packer. Newport, England: The Ceramic Book Company, 1956.