A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND INLAID TABLE TOP BOOK PRESS CIRCA 1780 58cm high (when fully closed), 41cm wide, 29cm deep Condition Report: Marks, scratches, knocks and abrasions commensurate with age and use. With later steel bindings to the top, some possibly later screw and dowel reinforcements to the top section, the turning dowel possibly a replacement. Some chips to the spirally turned section. With some split joints including to the top left corner of the superstructure and where the left support meets the base. The tulipwood crossbanding with some cracks and lacking some sections. Lacking the wood boards that would have been under the moving section of the press. The drawer is mahogany lined. Please see additional photographs for a visual reference to condition. Condition Report Disclaimer