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Industrial Drawing; Comprising the Description and Uses of Drawing Instruments, the Construction of Plane Figures, the Projections and Sections of Geometrical Solids Architectural Elements, Mechanism, and Topographical Drawing; With Remarks of the Method of Teaching on the Subject
by Mahan, D. H
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About This Item
New York: John Wiley, 1863. 8vo. 240 x 150 mm., [9 ½ x 6 inches]. xvi, 156, [1] pp. Illustrated with 20 folding diagrams; tear to plate 6 without loss. Bound in publisher's brown cloth, title gilt on spine; spine chipped and expertly repaired. Ownership inscription of C. Whitaker, and Harriet N. Whitaker on the title-page. . Second edition, revised and corrected; published again at the height of the Civil War. Includes instruction on method of drawing and its instruments, construction of arcs and circles, problems of rectilinear figures, construction of proportional lines and figures, projection, drawing machinery and topographical drawing. Fully illustrated with diagrams to compliment the text. Dennis Hart Mahan was a graduate of West Point, who after graduating continued his education in Europe and upon his return became Professor of Civil and Military Engineering at the Academy. In addition to this work on drawing, he was the author of six other text books, focusing on engineering, fortification, geometry, and mechanics. They were published in South as well as the North and had influence on CSA engineers and tacticians as well as their counterparts in the Union cause. His works were also translated in to German and used in Prussian military academies. Mahan was considered one of the most influential teachers and innovators of his time who had significant impact on the conduct of the War on both sides of the conflict. After the War he was forced to resign from the Academy and committed suicide in 1871. Allibone, Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, ii, 1203. Appleton's Encyclopedia of American Biography IV, p, 176.
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- De Simone Company, Booksellers
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- Title
- Industrial Drawing; Comprising the Description and Uses of Drawing Instruments, the Construction of Plane Figures, the Projections and Sections of Geometrical Solids Architectural Elements, Mechanism, and Topographical Drawing; With Remarks of the Method of Teaching on the Subject
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- Mahan, D. H
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- Publisher
- John Wiley
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1863
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De Simone Company Booksellers specializes in early Italian books and manuscripts, mostly in the fields of social science, history, antiquarian bibliography and illustrated books. The owner, Daniel De Simone, has a particular interest in books, manuscripts, and ephemera printed in, or about, the history of Ferrara, Italy. The business also deals in 19th-century Americana and fine books in all fields and languages.
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De Simone Company Booksellers enjoyed its second opening as a book company in 2018 after a seventeen-year hiatus. Originally established in 1978, De Simone Company bought, sold, and evaluated rare books, manuscripts, and prints for twenty-two years before closing, when De Simone accepted the position as Curator of the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection at the Library of Congress.
De Simone held this position for fourteen years before moving to the Folger Shakespeare Library as the Eric Weinmann Librarian. In this position, he managed seven departments, including acquisitions, exhibitions, conservation, research services, and the Library's book, manuscript, and art collections. He held this position for three years before retiring in 2017 and reopening De Simone Company Booksellers.
Because of his experience in both the book trade and rare book librarianship, De Simone consults with institutions about the development and evaluation of their library collections. He is the author and editor of a number of books and articles on the history of book illustration and early bibliography.
He is a member of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America), the ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers), the Print Council of America, the Grolier Club, the Association Internationale de Bibliophilie, the American Printing History Association, the Bibliographical Society of America. He is also the Treasurer of the Antiquarian Book Seminar Foundation, a 501c3, which support the Colorado Antiquarian Books Seminar (CABS). Recently he has been appointed Secretary of Breslauer Prize for Bibliography by the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers.
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