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LEBRUN. A New Comprehensive Manual for Moulders, or The Art …
See original version (French)
152
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LEBRUN. A New Comprehensive Manual for Moulders, or The Art …
See original version (French)
Estimate €30 - €40
Voluntary lot
Description
LEBRUN. A New Comprehensive Manual for Moulders, or The Art of Moulding in Plaster, Plaster, Cardboard, Papier-mâché, Leather-covered Cardboard, Wax, Lead, Clay, Wood, Tortoiseshell, Horn [...]
Roret’s Comprehensive Guide to the Art of Moulding, illustrated with a fold-out plate.
Paris, Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, 1860.
In-12, midnight blue half-percale, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets and gilt title, speckled edges. Contemporary binding.
278 pages and 90 pages (bookshop catalogue), 1 engraved fold-out plate.
Caps rubbed, foxing.
A new edition, revised and expanded by Magnier, of this handbook on the art of moulding by Lebrun, covering moulding from still lifes and life models, casting with clay, Roman cement, hydraulic lime, composite cements, and even newly invented plastics. It is illustrated with a fold-out plate showing various moulding tools and processes.
Handwritten bookplate on the half-title page.
Well-preserved period binding for this complete copy, including the fold-out plate.
See original version (French)
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About the sale
Collectors’ books for sale – First editions – Illustrated editions – Varia IV
Auction location
Auction time
11/02/2026 at 2:00 PM
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