1810 Book on Venetian Stone Floors -Colored Engravings Diderot - like colored illustrations of stone floors Start Price USD 8,500.00 Current Price USD 8,500.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, July 17, 2008 End Time Thursday, July 24, 2008 Location Northampton, Massachusetts See more about '1810 Book on Venetian Stone Floors -Colored Engravings' Description "Praktische Anweisung zur Verfertigung der Venezianischen Estriche" By H.F. Rodlich. Berlin; C.H. Platen: 1810. A very lovely book on the art of making Venetian crushed-stone floors which illustrates the tools and the step-by-step processes involved. Venetian crushed stone floors are a rather difficult subject -very little material about them is available in the literature. Certainly the neo-classic elements are unmistakable, and the influence of recently excavated Roman ruins must have played a part in their popularity in Italy and, as this book illustrates, Germany. The plates show the stone being prepared and colored, the floor surface being planned, laid-out and prepared, and the stone being applied and smoothed. The workmen are all stylishly dressed for such a dirty job, and appear very happy at their tasks. Young boys help with the work in a number of plates. Obviously a labor and time-intensive task, the laying of a stone floor is chronicled here in hand-colored plates that can only be described as jewel-like, and yet are also fairly realistic. A rare book, with only a single OCLC listing (in the Netherlands). Hardcover. 8.5"x10.5", 28 pages of text plus 24 hand-colored engraved plates on 12 leaves. Bound in new quarter leather with marbled boards. Very slight stains in several places, several very discreet remnants of old institutional stamps, but overall an exceptional copy of a rare work. QUESTIONS about this item? If you have any questions regarding this item, please let us know and we will respond promptly. PAYMENT TERMS: We accept Paypal, American Express, Visa, Mastercard, Discover, checks and money orders. Please note- we are happy to take your check and do not wait for it to clear. Please do not feel that you have to go to the trouble and expense of getting a postal money order or something like that unless you want to- your check is perfectly fine with us, and will not slow down the shipment of your order. Massachusetts residents must add 5% state sales tax. INSURANCE??? As a seller we are responsible for properly packing and delivering your purchase safely to you. You should never have to spend extra for insurance to guarantee that. RETURNS: We want you to be completely satisfied- anything is returnable for any reason at all within 14 days of receipt; we do ask that you notify us that you are returning it. OUR STOCK includes reference books on antiques and the arts, books on trades and design, pattern books, early books, gardens and garden architecture, fakes & forgery, mourning arts, lighting, science, gems and gemology, and many more topics. If you don’t see what you are looking for in our listings, please ask us. OVERSEAS CUSTOMERS- PAYMENTS We welcome orders from customers outside the United States. For ease and speed, we prefer payment from overseas customers by Paypal or credit card. OVERSEAS CUSTOMERS- SHIPPING The United States Post Office has discontinued surface (sea mail) shipments overseas, and so all packages must now go by air, meaning shipping to overseas customers costs more than it used to. For more information about US Postal Service rates and fees, you can visit their web page at http://ircalc.usps.gov/. We are happy to provide shipping cost estimates before you buy an item, and will provide you with the packed weight of any item before you buy it if you ask us. If we can answer any other questions, please let us know. - Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. Your satisfaction is guaranteed with every book you purchase. Place a Bid!