W. Walker; A. B. Brown; Francis Lightbody; Robert Davis and Robert Scott Burn - Working, Drawings and Designs: Mechanical Engineering & Machine Making

Edinburgh and London, A. Fullarton & Co. 1864-68. Cloth. A rare work on mechanical engineering, richly illustrated with plates. Written and illustrated by Robert Scott Burn, a Scottish engineer and author known for his works on building construction and mechanical engineering. W. Walker, A. B. Brown, Francis Lightbody and Robert Davis were also contributors.From Bath Municipal Library; with their bookplate to the front endpaper.With the ownership inscription of Alfred Jones to the title page. Undated; dated from copies on Jisc. Richly illustrated with in-text woodcuts throughout, as well as forty-eight plates from I-XLVIII and eight plates from A to H. Collated, complete.Complete with errata. In a full cloth binding. Externally very smart, with just a touch of wear to the recent cloth. Library bookplate to the front endpaper; ownership inscription to the title page. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are heavily spotted and discoloured throughout; they are worn to the edges. Title page has loss which has been repaired but affects the title. Good . Ill.: W. Walker; A. B. Brown; Francis Lightbody; Robert Davis and Robert Scott Burn. Good .

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