ARTS AND MANUFACTURES.

Inquire · Offered by Peter Harrington

The Cabinet of useful Arts and Manufactures, An early edition of this delightful guide to arts and manufactures, "designed to give an insight into some of those Arts and Manufactures, which minister daily, nay hourly, to our convenience and comfort; though perhaps, many of us have never yet reflected how much, even the poorest, are indebted to them" (Preface). First published in 1820, the various manufacturing trades depicted include glass, porcelain, leather and paper making, as well as type-founding, printing, engraving and book binding.

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