‎"WALTER MACFARLANE & CO.‎
‎Illustrated catalogue of MacFarlane's castings. Section XXIV. Stable Fittings. - [PRESENTATION COPY FOR KINGCHRISTIAN IX OF DENMARK]‎

‎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. ‎

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‎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. ‎