1849 Carpentry & Joinery Peter Nicholson 100+ Engravings John Weale Imprint

Description: Carpentry; being a comprehensive guide book for Carpentry and Joinery; With Elementary Rules for the Drawing of Architecture in Perspective and by Geometrical Rule: Also, Treating of Roofs, Trussed Girders, Floors, Domes, Stair-Cases and Hand-Rails, Shop-Fronts, Verandahs, Window-Frames, Shutters, &c. &c. [By Peter Nicholson.] London: John Weale, 59 High Holburn. 1849. Vol. I: Seventy-Four Engravings; Vol. II: One Hundred and Sixteen Engravings. Uniform Half-leather marbled covered binding measuring 11 x 9”, royal 8vos. In fair condition. Rear board of Vol. II attached by one piece of cording only - VERY FRAGILE. Other boards remain intact, but hinges are cracked on both volumes. Boards are normally scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at leather corners. Title labels on spines moderately chipped & illegible. Gilt deco in spine compartments normally dulled & soiled, but attractive. Heads and tails of spines chipped. Previous ownership bookplates found on front paste-downs: “Maurice Roberts des Marais.” Front gutters cracked with some exposed binding. Normal toning throughout text-blocks, some instances of finger-soiling on fore-edges. Plates overall clean. Bindings intact, but hinges need repair. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. Peter Nicholson (1765 – 1844) was a Scottish architect, mathematician and engineer. Largely self-taught, he was apprenticed to a cabinet-maker but soon abandoned his trade in favor of teaching and writing. He practised as an architect but is best remembered for his theoretical work on the skew arch (he never actually constructed one himself), his invention of draughtsman's instruments, including a centrolinead and a cyclograph, and his prolific writing on numerous practical subjects. John Weale (1791 – 1862) was an English publisher of popular scientific, architectural, engineering and educational works. He went into the trade first with George Priestley in St Giles, London who died around 1812, and worked then with Priestley's widow. He took a particular interest in the study of architecture. In 1823 he issued a bibliographical Catalogue of Works on Architecture and the Fine Arts, of which a new edition appeared in 1854. He bought the architectural publishing business at 59 High Holborn built up by Isaac Taylor and his son Josiah Taylor as The Architectural Library, after Josiah's death in 1834. He followed the Catalogue in 1849–50 with a Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms used in Architecture, Building, and Engineering, a work which reached a fifth edition in 1876. RAREB1849BKNA - 03/19 FORN-SHELF-0467-BB-2410-HKREV194

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