two-early-english-books-on-domestic-carpentry
Lot 251
Two Early English Books on Domestic Carpentry
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To include: Pain, William. The Practical House Carpenter; or, Youth's Instructor; Containing a Great Variety of Useful Designs in Carpentry and Architecture...The whole illustrated, and made perfectly easy, by 148 Copper Plates (actually 146 plates as bound), With Explanations to each. (London: Printed for I. and J. Taylor, 1794), 8vo (9 in.), full calf; gilt rules and title to spine (top board detached but present; internally clean); Nicholson, Peter. The Carpenter and Joiner's Assistant (London: J. Taylor, 1810), 4to (10-1/2 in.), three-quarter blue leather over marbled boards, gilt to spine, numerous technical engravings (losses to boards; title page with restoration; interior with age and foxing).