One or two minor scuffs and bumped corners. Pages are free from notes or highlighting. Otherwise sound. Publisher's note: Classic reference describes in detail hundreds of implements in use in the American colonies in the 18th century. Over 250 illustrations depict tools identical in construction to ancient devices once used by the Greeks, Egyptians, and Chinese, among them axes, saws, clamps, chisels, mallets, and much more. An invaluable sourcebook. Size: 23.5 x 15.7 x 2.8 cm. 339 pp. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Carpentry -- Tools; ISBN: 0486409589. ISBN/EAN: 9780486409580. Add. Inventory No: 250530CC6050.

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Title

Ancient Carpenters' Tools : Illustrated and Explained, Together with the Implements of the Lumberman, Joiner, and Cabinet-Maker in Use in the Eighteenth Century

Publisher

Dover Publications, Mineola, N.Y.

Publication Date

2000

Language

English

ISBN 10

0486409589

ISBN 13

9780486409580

Binding

Softcover

Condition

Good

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Classic reference describes in detail hundreds of implements in use in the American colonies in the 18th century. Over 250 illustrations depict tools identical in construction to ancient devices once used by the Greeks, Egyptians, and Chinese, among them axes, saws, clamps, chisels, mallets, and much more. An invaluable sourcebook.

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While Mercer served as its president 1910-30, Bucks Country (Pennsylvania) Historical Society published his 1929 account of the tools in its collection dating to the 18th century of that region. The ancient dimension arrives with the assertion that they are virtually identical to those used in the ancient world. Some old drawings portray use, but m

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