Sold for:
$948
$948
Rufus Porter Decorative Arts Publication, printed by J. T. Peters, Concord, Massachusetts, a 43-page booklet with papered wood cover titled A Select Collection of Approved, Genuine, Secret, and Modern Receipts, for the Preparation and Execution of Various Valuable and Curious Arts, as Practised by the Best Artists of the present age , inscribed "Alpheus Dunbar's book 1833" on inside page, (wear, cover and pages loose from binding), 5 3/4 x 4 in. Note: This booklet, published by the renowned itinerant artist Rufus Porter, sold at Skinner on January 16, 1988, sale 1186, lot 390.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-08-14
