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paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

George Virtue, London and New York [ no date], [?1850]. 4to, 275 x 208 mms., pp. [ii], xii, 240, engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title-page, 121 engraved plates, contemporary half calf, marbled boards (rubbed), new morocco label; plates foxed, front joint amateurishly repaired and still a bit tender, but a respectable copy. The text is preceded by a "Memoir" of the Scottish engineer, Peter Nicholson (1765 - 1844), whose skills led him to publish The Carpenter's New Guide (1792), for which he engraved his own plates. Later, he published a number of books on building and the practical deployment of architectural principles. Treve Rosoman in his ODNB entry notes, "Nicholson's great gift as a mathematician was his ability to simplify and generalize traditional methods as well as inventing new ones. The rules that he formulated for finding sections of prisms, cylinders, or cylindroids enabled joiners to construct the great sweeping, curved staircases that were so… Leer más

London: George Virtue. G : in Good condition. Cover rubbed and scuffed. Front hinge cracked. Some foxing. Contents firm. [1850]. Reprint. Brown hardback leather cover. 290mm x 220mm (11" x 9"). xii, 108pp + plates. 120 b/w plates. An enlarged and improved edition. Includes rails, doors, shutters, domes, roofs, niches etc. Incudes biography of Nicholson. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. .

James Virtue, London and New York. , [1860?]. 1860 4to. [2], 2, xii, [3]-122 p. Plates numbered I - LXXXIX and A - Qin a complex sequence to match the text. 28cm. Publisher's clothe, embossed and gilt. Somewhat faded and worn, but sound. Neatly rebacked with the original spine re-laid. Library stamp on the title page and a few leaves toned. A sound and usable copy.