THE CARPENTER & JOINER'S COMPANION In the Geometrical Construction of Working Drawings, required by Journeymen in the progress of Building; comprehending a Complete System of Lines.
Published by H. Fisher, R. Fisher, and P. Jackson in London 1826/1840 (Preface dated 1826 but frontispiece portrait of Peter Nicholson date of 1840)
SKU: 45732
£150.00
8vo. hardback, rebound in calf with original tree-calf spine and boards laid on. Red title label and gilt decorations to spine and decorative gilt borders to upper and lower boards. 264pp., indexed, profusely illustrated with b/w engraved plates, some foldout. Also line drawings and diagrams in text. Elegant handwritten name to early blank and to last page of text. Same name and No. 18 rubberstamped to same page at front. Occasional light foxing and soiling. Inner hinges a little dust. Light wear and rubbing to boards. Overall a Good+, Strong Copy.