Compiled by the legendary historian of Americana, Henry J. Kauffman, and long out of print, this classic and definitive work on the subject of fireplaces, mantlepieces and accessories is once again available in a superb new edition. Illustrated with great black and white photographs, period line drawings all filled out with commentary in Kauffman’s classic style, this book covers every aspect of fireplaces in the home from the Eighteenth through the Nineteenth Centuries. The photographs of the fireplaces of some of the great homes of America are themselves worth the price of this affordable volume.