Builder's Jewel; or, the Youth's Instructor and Workman's Remembrancer Explaining Short and Easy Rules, Made Familiar to the Meaneft Capacity, for Drawing and Working
by Langley, B. And T
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- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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AURORA, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
London, 1797. Hardcover. Fair. London, 1797 Leather Fair/No Jacket Issued 4 3/4" x 5 7/8", intended to be a pocket size reference Original leather boards are detached, spine leather is holding firmly to text block The title page has 3 pieces of clear tape holding it together All other pages are intact and clear with an occassional stain There is an introduction plus 46 pages followed by 200 examples engraved on 100 copper plates 99 of these plates are numbered, the final one is not
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- Bookseller
- Books of Aurora (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005700
- Title
- Builder's Jewel; or, the Youth's Instructor and Workman's Remembrancer Explaining Short and Easy Rules, Made Familiar to the Meaneft Capacity, for Drawing and Working
- Author
- Langley, B. And T
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1797
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture;
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About Books of Aurora
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Title Page
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