Brasses and Brass Rubbing

Great Britain: Blandford Press, 1971. Hardback. This book is a comprehensive work, specially designed to help anyone who wishes to explore this fascinating craftsmanship of the past. Monumental church brasses reveal so many aspects of history, art, social manners, costumes, trades and heraldry that they form an indispensable part of all such studies. The rubbings obtained from them are also works of art and of decorative value in ther own right. The author writes of the procedures and technical methods for obtaining these rubbings, and of the immense knowledge to be gained from them, in the most simple and direct yet comprehensive terms, and sets out the results of her own practical experience. Among the many illustrations is a sequence of photographs of the author demonstrating the techniques of brass rubbings. A feature of the book is a list of all the figure brasses in churches throughout the British Isles. Illustrated. Illustrated laminated boards. 104 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.). 2nd Impression. Decorative Boards. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback.