A practical manual of house-painting, graining, marbling and sign-writing : containing full information on the processes of house-painting in oil and distemper, the formation of letters and practice of sign-writing, the principles of decorative art, a course of elementary drawing for house-painters, writers, etc., and a collection of useful receipts. With nine coloured illustrations of woods and marbles, and numerous wood engravings / by Ellis A. Davidson ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davidson, Ellis A., -1878.

Contributor:

Virtue and Company. prt.

British Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

House painting.

Sign painting.

Graining.

Marbling.

Genre:

Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding) -- 1880.

Printers' devices (Printing)

Physical Description:

xxi, 394 [4] 32, 16 p., 9 leaves of col. plates : ill. ; 18 cm.

Edition:

3d ed., carefully revised.

Place of Publication:

London : Crosby Lockwood, 1880.

Contents:

The processes of house painting in oil and distemper

Of the colours used in house painting

Of graining and marbling

Of oils and varnishes used in house painting

Of letter painting

The principles of decorative art

Elementary drawing for house painters, decorators, and sign writers

On staining.

Notes:

Advertisements, 52 p. at end.

Printed t.p. verso: "London: Printed by Virtue and Co., Limited, City Road."

Publisher's device stamped on front and back cover, printed on t.p.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Inscribed on frontispiece verso: "Mr D Backman, [?], April 16th 1887."

Athenaeum copy: Livezey Fund bookplate.

OCLC:

7627141