The carpenter and joiner's assistant : being a comprehensive treatise on the selection, preparation, and strength of materials, and the mechanical principles of framing with their application in carpentry, joinery, and hand-railing : also a course of instruction in practical geometry, geometrical lines, drawing, projection, and perspective, and and illustrated glossary of terms used in architecture and building / by James Newlands
1860, First Edition. Glasgow : Blackie and Son. Worn copy bound in quarter leather over buckram boards with a gilt title to the spine. Some slight wear and tear as with age. Remains well preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Includes previous owner's inscription. Item #347079
Physical description; 291 p., CXI [i.e. CXV] leaves of plates : ill., plans ; 35 cm. Notes; "An extensive series of plates and many hundred engravings on wood." Includes index. Subjects; Carpentry. Joinery. Geometrical drawing. Framing (Building). Carpentry. Geometry and geometrical drawing. Joinery. Genres; Engraved title pages - Scotland - 1860. Engraved title pages - Scotland - 1869. Etchings - Scotland - 1860. Etchings - Scotland - 1869. Illustrated. Library bindings - England - 1894. Library bindings - England - 1934. Library bindings - England - 1974. Marbled papers - England - 1894. Steel engravings - Scotland - 1860. Steel engravings - Scotland - 1869. Treatises - Scotland - 1860. Wood engravings - Scotland - 1860. Wood engravings - Scotland - 1869.
Price: €295.00