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Practical Carpentry, Joinery, and Cabinet-Making; being A New and Complete System of Lines for the Use of Workmen: Founded on Accurate Geometrical and Mechanical Principles, with their Applications in Carpentry, to Roofs, Domes, Centring &c; In Joinery, to Stairs, Hand-Rails, Soffits, Niches, &c: and in Cabinet-Making, to Furniture, both Plain and Ornamental; Fully and Clearly Explained. : No name: attributed to Peter Nicholson: London: Thomas Kelly: 1837. Both books are bound in cloth and measure 11 x 8.5 , large 8vos. Book 1 (Plates): 84 plts + 6 plts LACKING PLATE 37! Book 2 (Prose): 132 p + 36 p. In poor condition. As is. Both front and rear boards of Book 1 detached from binding; spine is lacking. Boards of Book 2d are attached via cording only (very fragile). Book 2 s spine is heavily chipped about mid-way. Boards of both books are moderately scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Heads and tails of spines lacking (including headbands). Water dampness staining to edges of boards; especially Book 2 s front board. Permanent ink stamps found on front end-pages and vignette title page: Wm. T. Stock . Water or tea dampness staining to edges of leaves throughout text-blocks; causing foxing. Some off-setting to leaves adjacent to plates; toning and age-staining present. Bindings of text-blocks are intact; boards need repair. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. Peter Nicholson (1765 1844) was a Scottish architect, mathematician and engineer. Largely self-taught, he was apprenticed to a cabinet-maker but soon abandoned his trade in favor of teaching and writing. He practised as an architect but is best remembered for his theoretical work on the skew arch (he never actually constructed one himself), his invention of draughtsman's instruments, including a centrolinead and a cyclograph, and his prolific writing on numerous practical subjects. Pair of volumes, attributed to Peter Nicholson, describing joinery techniques with one volume being text and description, the second a series of plates illustrating the theories and techniques that Nicholson has described. Early Edition (not first). RAREB1837EJQA - 12/18 FORN-SHELF-0459-BB-2410-HKREV100.
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