A fine clean copy in beautiful condition of this Antique Collectors' Club limited edition reprint, issued in 1980, of "English Furniture from Charles II to George II, A full account of the Design, Material and Quality of Workmanship of Walnut and Mahogany Furniture of this period, and of how spurious specimens are made", by R.W. Symonds, first published in London in 1929. Offered here, No. 359 of the English Edition which was limited to one thousand five hundred copies. Foreword by Percival D. Griffiths. Hard suede bound covers, large format, 269 pages, cellophane dust jacket. Important academic text accompanied by more than 260 superb black and white illustrations from examples in the collection of Percival D.Griffiths FSA. A seminal work which should find a place in the library of every serious student of furniture history.
