PRESENTATION COPY FOR KINGCHRISTIAN IX OF DENMARK
WALTER MACFARLANE & CO.
Illustrated catalogue of MacFarlane's castings. Section XXIV. Stable Fittings.
Glasgow, Walter Macfarlane & Co., architectural, sanitary, and general ironfounders, Saracen Foundry, (1891).
Lex8vo. Original green full cloth binding with gilt title to spine and front board. Slight wear to capitals and corners. Inner hinges a little weak. A clean and fresh copy, also internally. Title-page with handwritten "King Christian IX of Denmark". 62 pp. Illustrated throughout, mostly full-page.
Laid in is a receipt (torn in two) from Macfarlane's and Co, dated "1/30", "Copenhagen 1891" and a letter to King Christian IX of Denmark, signed by Walter Macfarlane & Co, dated 4th March 1891, Glasgow. The letter is handwritten in black ink on woven paper, watermarked "J. Whatman 1886". 14 pp.
A lovely copy, presented to King Christian IX of Denmark, of this richly and beautifully illustrated supplement volume (Section XXIV - devoted to stable fittings) to the sixth edition of the Illustrated Catalogue (which comes in two volumes), constitutung a catalogue of architectural iron work by the famous Saracen Foundry. The Saracen Foundry, also known as Possilpark, was a Glaswegian company founded and owned by Walter MacFarlane (1817-85) and partners, and later by his nephew Walter Macfarlane II (1853-1932). It was the most important manufacturer of ornamental ironwork in Scotland, specializing in the production of drinking fountains, bandstands, lamp standards, pre-fabricated buildings and architectural crestings and ornament. It was absorbed by a different company after WWII. The entire supplementary volume, which is present here, is devoted to stable fittings, which Macfarlane has thought appropriate for the King as inspiration for his stables.
Order-nr.: 63243
DKK 4.800,00