THE HANDBOOK OF TURNING
by (GASCOIGNE, M.I.)
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Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
(GASCOIGNE, M.I.) THE HANDBOOK OF TURNING. London: Saunders & Otley, 1846. Small 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Frontispiece, xxix, (1), 143, (1) pages, 14 plates, 1 of which is folding. Second edition. Attributed to Mrs. Gascoigne, this comprehensive manual includes instruction concentric, elliptical, and eccentric turning. The frontispiece and plates a all printed in variations of brown ink. One of the plates is folding. The plates show equipment used in the craft and samples of the work. With the contemporary bookplate of Samuel Rhodes dated 1850. Samuel was the son of th noted woolen merchant, Wright Rhodes, of Springfield Mills. Slightly rubbed.
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- The Bookpress, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37762
- Title
- THE HANDBOOK OF TURNING
- Author
- (GASCOIGNE, M.I.)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Keywords
- AA FU, AA
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Williamsburg, Virginia
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