THE DICTIONARY OF ARTS, SCIENCES AND MANUFACTURES. ( 2 volumes complete )
Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Company, 1854. 1st edition. Leather. 1st edition. 2 volume set, complete. A Good + set. 4to., [Vol.1] x, 626; [Vol.2] xii, 886 pp., illustrated with 340 engravings. Bound in full period leather with title and volume on black morocco labels on the spine. End papers marbled; all edges marbled. Light edge wear, light soiling. Small loss at the spine's crown on both volumes. Vol.2's leather joints are cracking (but holding firm). Some plates browning. Occasional foxing, heavier towards the front and end. A Good to very Good set. Good +. Item #24796
Subtitle: Mechanical exercises, Turning, Measuring of Timber, Architecture, Building, Mechanics, Optics, Astronomy, Pneumatics, Hydrostatics, Hydraulics, Magnetism, Electricity, Galvanism, Chemistry, Dyeing, Bleaching, Distilling, Breing, Agriculture, Gardening, Drawing, Painting, Engraving, &c. &c. &c. The various methods of working wood and metals, receipts for preparing and mixing of paints and liquids, cements, varnishes, japanning, gilding, moulding, casting, staining, preserving, transferring chemical experiments, &c. &c. embracing in all nearly three thousand articles on arts and sciences.
Price: $150.00