Practical Measuring Made Easy To the Meanest Capacity, By A New Set of TABLES .

Published by by assignment from the Trustees of E. Wicksteed, for Mess. Hitch and Hawes; J. Rivington; J.Hinton; S. Crowder; and Co. T. Caslon; and J. Coote., 1761

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Seller: Scarthin Books ABA, ILAB., Cromford, United KingdomScarthin Books ABA, ILAB.

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A well-used but still firmly bound copy of the sixth edition of this inter-generational pocket book.Free endpapers lost, various scribbled calculations on half-title and fixed endpapers. Lxxxvi + 204 pages (195-198 escaped sewing), one folding plate of timber measurement.Marginal tears to leaves187/8 and 203/4 Overall dimensions approx 200x90mm. Apparently first published only 25 years earlier in 1736 or soon after under its mature title but this copy is already the sixth edition.

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Title
Practical Measuring Made Easy To the Meanest Capacity, By A New Set of TABLES .
Author
Hoppus, E. (Edward)
Publisher
by assignment from the Trustees of E. Wicksteed, for Mess. Hitch and Hawes; J. Rivington; J.Hinton; S. Crowder; and Co. T. Caslon; and J. Coote.
Publication year
1761
Condition
Good
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
5th or later Edition
Item weight
260 grams
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Scarthin Books ABA, ILAB.

Cromford, United Kingdom

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