Books on Ornamental Turning

Purchase "Sovereigns as Turners" Book

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Number 14 of a single-run limited edition printing.

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Sovereigns as Turners, by Klaus Maurice, Verlag Ineichen, Zurich, 1985. 9' x 13", 158 pages. Parallel english/german text.

Details the history of court society's fascination with lathe turning in residences from Stockholm to Florence, Paris to Moscow, and the objects they made. Covers the history of the art of ornamental turning with numerous photos of turned ivories from the Pitti Palace.

Includes photos of early rose lathes of Queen Sophie Magdalena of Denmark, King Louis XVI of France, Elector Max Emanuel of Bavaria, Nartov of Leningrad, Ernst Ludwig, Carl Gustav, Emperor Maximilian I, and more. Includes photos and discussion of Holtzapffel lathes.

Also details the early treatises on turning from Bergeron, Moxeon, Plumier, Teuber, Diderot, and Hulot.

Educational and inspirational. One of the best books on ornamental turning ever written.

Book includes many, many more photos than the ones shown below (photos below were not obtained from this item which remains unopened in original shrink wrap)