Chippendale, Thomas. Le guide du tapissier, de l'ébéniste, et de tous ceux qui travaillent en meubles. Troisième édition, revue & considérablement augmentée. 1 Bl., 23 S. With engraved dedication sheet with coat of arms and 200 copper tablets by M. Darly, Isaac Taylor, W. Foster, Hemerich, J. S. Müller E. Rooker and others 43 x 25,5 cm. Semi-leather d. C. (something rubbed and infested and upper capital with cracks) with gold-embossed RSchild and head gold cut. London, T. Becket and P. A. de Hondt, 1762. Ornamental engraving catalogue 1227. – Translated from English. The work shows on 200 panels magnificent interior and furniture designs such as Chinese furniture, chairs, sofas, beds, armchairs, tables, dressing tables, chests, wall tables, desks, secretaries, chest, organs, bookcases, picture frames, base, decorative mouldings, etc. "Thomas Chippendale is indisputably the most famous cabinetmaker ever to have emered from Britain. His reputation is international ..." (Banham, encyclopedia of interior design, p. 271). – Single, kinky, with small flaws and cracks, partly slightly finger- and brown-spotted. Rare.