The Carpenter And Joiner S Assistant Containing Practical Rules For Making All Kinds Of Joints And

by Peter Nicholson

$1,750 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller · No longer available

First edition

79 engraved plates. xi, 79, 1 pp. Large 4to, cont. sheep, flat spine gilt. London: I. & J. Taylor, 1797. First edition and a nice copy from Schloss Tetschner, with the private library’s attractive stamp on verso of title. Nicholson 1765-1844 , architectural writer and mathematician, “was probably the most prolific communicator on the technical aspects of architecture in the first half of the nineteenth century and his influence should not be

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