12mo. Pp. [vi] 454, 18 [87]ff. plates. Contains 74 wood-engraved plates of trades (cooper, tallow-chandler, soap-boiler, type founder, etc.) plus one of an iron foundry, and 13 plates of machinery and mechanical diagrams. Very good, with a few spots of foxing, in black leather boards, gilt titled on spine. A handsome copy.

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Title: The Book of English Trades, and Library of the Useful Arts
Publisher: Sir Richard Phillips and Co., London
Publication Date: 1823
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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