Author: NICHOLSON, PETER
Title: The Carpenter's New Guide; Being a Complete Book of Lines for Carpentry and Joinery. Treating Fully on Practical Geometry, Soffits, Brick and Plaister Groins, Niches of Every Description, Sky-Lights, Lines for Roofs and Domes;...
Description: London: Bartlett & Hinton, 1826. 8th Edition. Brown hardback board cover with cloth spine. 290mm x 220mm (11" x 9"). vi, 90pp + plates. 81 (of 85) b/w plates. Missing plates 28, 62, 64 & 75.... with a Great Variety of Designs for Roofs, Trussed Girders, Floors, Domes, Bridges, &c.; Staircases and Hand-rails of Various Constructions; Angle Bars for Shop Fronts, &c.; and Raking Mouldings; with Many Other Things Entirely New. The Whole Founded on True Geometrical Principles; the Theory and Practice Well Explained and Fully Exemplified on Eighty-Four Copper Plates. Including Some Observations and Calculations on the Strength of Timber.. Worn condition. Cover rubbed and marked. 4 plates missing. Some staining and foxing, but content in overall good condition .

Keywords: Woodwork 1750 - 1850 Antiquarian


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