HINTS ON HOUSEHOLD TASTE. In Furniture,Upholstery and other details by EASTLAKE.CHARLES.L.;

Longmans,Green,and Co.London.,1868. FIRST EDITION.8vo.(8.4 x 6.1 inches).Fully illustrated throughout with 33 full page plates,14 in colour.Dozens of line engravings within the text.Illustrations show fabrics,tiles,furniture,interior architecture,metalware,china ware and anything considered desirable for the house of the time.Publishers beige cloth with elaborate blind stamped decoration to spine and boards.Front board and spine letttered in gilt.Binding by Edmonds & Remnants of Londin,with their paper label in the back.Brown coated endpapers.The rear free endpaper is lacking.The cloth to the top and bottom of spine is rubbed and chipped but overall this is still a very good copy of the scarce first edition.A hugely important book that helped feed the just starting desire for beautiful and functional objects that were designed and built by craftsmen with an eye to beauty as well as practicality.The book that helped kick start both the Arts and Crafts and the Aesthetic movements that defined late nineteenth century art and design.:arta.