Charles CHRISTOFLE
Histoire de la dorure et de l'argenture électro-chimiques
Imprimerie d' E. Duverger|Paris 1851|15 x 23.10 cm|relié
The rare first edition.
20th-century binding in the spirit of a period binding, in half red shagreen. Raised spine, blind fillets. Author and title gilt. Green wrappers preserved. Superb condition. Paper very fresh, except for the wrappers which have some darker areas.
Gilding as well as electrolytic silvering is a technique specific to the House of Christofle. Gold is present in the bath in the form of aurocyanide, silver in the form of shot. The piece, carefully polished and cleaned, is immersed in an electrolytic bath and connected to the negative pole. At the positive pole is placed the aurocyanide. Charles Christofle purchased the patents for electrolytic silvering and gilding
20th-century binding in the spirit of a period binding, in half red shagreen. Raised spine, blind fillets. Author and title gilt. Green wrappers preserved. Superb condition. Paper very fresh, except for the wrappers which have some darker areas.
Gilding as well as electrolytic silvering is a technique specific to the House of Christofle. Gold is present in the bath in the form of aurocyanide, silver in the form of shot. The piece, carefully polished and cleaned, is immersed in an electrolytic bath and connected to the negative pole. At the positive pole is placed the aurocyanide. Charles Christofle purchased the patents for electrolytic silvering and gilding
€800