REPOUSSE WORK FOR AMATEURS

ISBN: 9780266272397 Géneros: WF Sinópsis: Excerpt from Repousse Work for Amateurs Being the Art of Ornamenting Thin Metal With Raised FiguresGold and silver appear to have been much more abundant in those days than they are at present as we read that all King Solomons drinking vessels were of gold none were of silver it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon It is also stated that he received 666 talents of gold in one year nearly equal to twentyseven tons in weight We cannot but marvel as to what has been done with all this wealthAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books Find more at wwwforgottenbookscomThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work Forgotten Books uses stateoftheart technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works