The Builder's and Workman's New Director: Comprising Explanations of The General Principles of Architecture , of the Practice of Building, and of the Several Mechanical Arts Connected Therewith; Also the Elements and Practice of Geometry in its Appli
Author:
NICHOLSON, PETER
Title:
The Builder's and Workman's New Director: Comprising Explanations of The General Principles of Architecture , of the Practice of Building, and of the Several Mechanical Arts Connected Therewith; Also the Elements and Practice of Geometry in its Appli
Publisher:
A Fullerton and Co 1845
Description:
Quarto, half leather bound green buckram boards, gilt lettering & tooling & raised bands to spine, marbled page edges, frontispiece, ix + 471pp + plates to rear- not counted presumed all present, G- (v heavy scuffing & surface loss to leatherwork of spine & board extrems, moderate cracking to spine hinges, heavy chafing & soiling to boards, heavy tanning to page edges, whole page block detached form boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to eps & pages throughout, prev. owner's leather ex-libris plate to front pastedown, light insect damage to edges of prelims, heavy water staining to page edges, multiple architectural drawings in pencil to prelims & terminals- very neat! Despite whole page block being detached from the spine/boards the contents are still quite sound and affixed to its binding)
Keywords:
architecture building architectural drawing technical art geometry historical
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