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s for every article of Household Furniture in the newest and most approved taste. A complete facsimile reproduction of this rare work, containing nearly 300 charming Designs on 128 Plates. Small folio, bound in speckled cloth, gilt, old style, price L2 10_s._ net. (1794.) _Original copies when met with fetch from L17 to L18._ "A beautiful replica, which every admirer of the author and period should possess."--_Building News._ CHIPPENDALE'S THE GENTLEMAN AND CABINET-MAKER'S DIRECTOR.--A complete facsimile of the 3rd and rarest Edition, containing 200 Plates of Designs of Chairs, Sofas, Beds and Couches, Tables, Library Book Cases, Clock Cases, Stove Grates, &c., &c. Folio, strongly bound in half-cloth, price L3 15_s._ net. (1762.) SHERATON'S CABINET-MAKER AND UPHOLSTERER'S DRAWING-BOOK.--A complete Facsimile Reproduction of the scarce Third Edition. With the rare Appendix and Accompaniment complete. Containing in all 434 pages and 122 Plates. 4to, cloth, price L2 10_s._ net. EXAMPLES OF OLD FURNITURE, ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. Drawn and described by ALFRED ERNEST CHANCELLOR. Containing 40 Photo-lithographic Plates exhibiting some 100 examples of Elizabethan, Stuart, Queen Anne, Georgian and Chippendale furniture; and an interesting variety of Continental work. With historical and descriptive notes. Large 4to, gilt, price L1 5_s._, net L1 1_s._ "In publishing his admirable collection of drawings of old furniture, Mr. Chancellor secures the gratitude of all admirers of the consummate craftsmanship of the past. His examples are selected from a variety of sources with fine discrimination, all having an expression and individuality of their own--qualities that are so conspicuously lacking in the furniture of our own day. It forms a very acceptable work."--_The Morning Post._ FURNITURE AND DECORATION IN ENGLAND DURING THE XVIIITH CENTURY.--By J. ALDAM HEATON. Two volumes, each of two parts, bound in four, large folio, cloth, price L7 net. Containing upwards of 150 plates of photographic reproductions from the published designs of R. & J. Adam, Chippendale, Hepplewhite, Sheraton, Shearer, Pergolesi, Cipriani, Darly, Johnson, Richardson, and all great English designers and cabinet-makers of the period. This work forms an encyclopaedic and almost inexhaustible treasury of reference for all Furniture Designers, Painters, Interior Decorators, Cabinet-makers, &c., since no artist
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