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The Massachusetts Collection of Maryellen and Brendan O'Toole
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Rufus Porter's "A Select Collection of Valuable and Curious Arts, and Interesting Experiments, Which Are Well Explained, And Warranted Genuine, and May Be Performed Easily, Safely, and at Little Expense"Printed by J.B. Moore, Concord, Massachusetts, 1826.
18 November 2022, 10:00 EST
Skinner Marlborough, MassachusettsSold for US$1,147.50 inc. premium
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Rufus Porter's "A Select Collection of Valuable and Curious Arts, and Interesting Experiments, Which Are Well Explained, And Warranted Genuine, and May Be Performed Easily, Safely, and at Little Expense"
Printed by J.B. Moore, Concord, Massachusetts, 1826.
Contains instructions for 110 artistic and scientific activities, both expected ("Landscape Painting on Walls of Rooms") and surprising ("To Make A Person's Face Appear Luminous in the Dark"), with cardboard covers wrapped in marbled paper, leather spine, "B.F.R." stenciled in black on both sides of the front cover and on the back; 102 pages, including prefatory Advertisement, Table of Contents, Appendix with glossary, and Explanatory Additions sheet pasted inside back cover, (normal wear to spine, corners, some page stains), 7cm wide, 7cm deep, 15cm high (3 7/8in wide, 3/8in deep, 6 5/8in high).
Contains instructions for 110 artistic and scientific activities, both expected ("Landscape Painting on Walls of Rooms") and surprising ("To Make A Person's Face Appear Luminous in the Dark"), with cardboard covers wrapped in marbled paper, leather spine, "B.F.R." stenciled in black on both sides of the front cover and on the back; 102 pages, including prefatory Advertisement, Table of Contents, Appendix with glossary, and Explanatory Additions sheet pasted inside back cover, (normal wear to spine, corners, some page stains), 7cm wide, 7cm deep, 15cm high (3 7/8in wide, 3/8in deep, 6 5/8in high).



