1816 RARE CATALOGUE OF ENGRAVED SEALS 1st Edition WILLIAM TASSIE London Trade

Description: [Arts] ~ TASSIE, William Descriptive Catalogue of a collection of devices and mottos english, french, and italian, from Engraved Seals, formed in composition paste, and sold by william tassie, leicestersquare London. Printed by William Bulmer and Co., 1816. First edition. 12mo. [8], 43pp, [1]. With a halftitle. Original publisher's printed powder blue paper boards, recently rebacked in black cloth. Inkstamp of the Birmingham Assay Office to front blank flyleaf, later inked gift inscription and annotation to halftitle, manuscript numerals to REP, occasional paper repairs to gutter margins, scattered spotting. The first catalogue of the engraved seals available for purchase from the London workshop of modeller William Tassie (17771860). Primarily a manufacturer of impressions of intaglio gems and of glass paste portrait cameos, Tassie expanded his wares to incorporate seals inscribed with sentimental mottos having inherited the business from his uncle in 1799. Tassie expanded his uncle's collection of glass casts after engraved gems, so that his collection of impressions eventually exceeded 20,000. A second edition of the catalogue appeared in 1820 and a third 1830. The Birmingham Assay Office, one of the four assay offices in the United Kingdom, was founded in 1773 and to this day remains responsible for testing the purity of precious metals and issuing hallmarks of certification. OCLC and COPAC together record copies at just seven locations (Birmingham, Bryn Mawr, Harvard, NLS, NYPL, Rakow Research Library, and V&A). ~ About Antiquates We’re based in the heart of the Dorset countryside, with an antiquarian bookshop in Wareham, housed within a beautiful Grade II Listed Georgian Building, we also travel far and wide to buy, sell and advise on rare books. We offer a wealth of antiquarian books, specialising in early and hand-press printing - but not excluding all others! Our bias is towards the unusual, the interesting and the important - and we try to offer our customers a varied and frequently changing selection, along with advice on library development and special purchases. We are proud and active members of the ABA (Antiquarian Booksellers Association), ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers) and the PBFA (Provincial Book Fairs Association) - professional bodies for the antiquarian book trade, abiding by their codes of practice and exhibiting at several large national and regional book fairs each year. Viewings of all books in our stock are possible by appointment at our Wareham bookshop, the details for which are displayed in the 'Business seller Information' section below. Purchase and Payment We aim to make your purchase as straightforward and pleasurable as possible. Payment can be made by various methods: From customers in the UK we accept: Paypal Bank Transfers (in GBP £ Sterling) Cheques (in GBP £ Sterling) For customers from the rest of the world we accept: Paypal Bank Transfers (in GBP £ Sterling) Postage and Packing As experienced and professional booksellers we have shipped books to many countries, and will be happy to quote costs for destinations and/or services other than those currently specified for this heavy book. All books are expertly wrapped, dispatched via national and international postal or courier services, and fully insured from our door to yours. Please be aware that antiquarian books can be imported to many destinations without restriction or extra duties (for example, the entire European Union), but that some destinations do charge import duties and/or sales tax on imported items. As per eBay terms, buyers are liable to pay these costs on receipt. Please see Postage and Payments section

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