The Student's Instructor in Drawing and Working the Five Orders of Architecture. Fully Explaining the Best Methods for Striking Regular and Quirked Mouldings; for Diminishing and Gluing of Columns and Capitals; ...
by Nicholson, Peter (1765-1844)
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London: For J. Taylor at the Architectural Library, 1804. Octavo. 2nd edition. (First edition was published in 1795) 29 pages interspersed with 33 engraved plates (some folding). The author was a Scottish architect, mathematician, and engineer. His first book was titled The Carpenter's New Guide in 1792, in which he also did the engravings himself. He later published several other books and taught practical geometry at an evening school for mechanical engineers. Nicholson is variously described in his own books as an architect, carpenter, surveyor, practical builder, and private teacher of mathematics. He later went into the field of masonry and stone cutting and much more. Bound in full calf, spine chipped at head and with a few surface cracks to joints, very tiny worm holes throughout, previous owner's dated 1817, internally clean without foxing. A very good copy of this very uncommon edition.
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- Title
- The Student's Instructor in Drawing and Working the Five Orders of Architecture. Fully Explaining the Best Methods for Striking Regular and Quirked Mouldings; for Diminishing and Gluing of Columns and Capitals; ...
- Author
- Nicholson, Peter (1765-1844)
- Book Condition
- Used
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- Publisher
- For J. Taylor at the Architectural Library
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1804
- Keywords
- Architecture Masonry Mathematics
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- Architecture;
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