Author: Charles Thomas Davis
Title: A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Bricks, Tiles, Terra-Cotta, Etc
Description: Philadelphia, Henry Carey Baird and Co, 1884. First edition. Leather. A smart, uncommon first edition of this comprehensive guide to the historical and practical manufacture of industrial clay products. Bound in modern green crushed morocco, with gilt lettering, stamped decoration, and raised bands. Featuring 228 engraved illustrations and 6 plates, including a tissue guarded frontispiece. With a catalogue of clay machinery to the rear. Bound in modern green crushed morocco, with gilt lettering, stamped decoration, and raised bands.There is very little wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are generally clean and the odd spot or mark, some offsetting to the free-endpapers Near Fine . Ill.: Not stated. Near Fine .

Keywords: History Tiles Terracotta Building Tiles Construction Bricks Not stated


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