Pp.xxxviii,(8)352 + errata, 26 facsimile plates (1 folding) with captions on facing page, 16pp. adverts. from the 1703 3rd. edition; very good in dust-wrapper. The first reprinting of Moxon since the 1703 3rd. edition which is here reproduced in facsimile together with 6pp. from Mechanick Dyalling, 1697, and 8pp. from the 1700 ed. of the Exercises. Science History Mechanics Technology.

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Title: Mechanick Exercises or the Doctrine of Handy-Works Applied to the Arts of Smithing, Joinery, Carpentry, Turning, Bricklaying. To which is added Mechanick Dyalling. With an Introduction, Table of Contents, and Captions explaining the 26 plates by Benno M. Forman.
Publisher: Praeger Publishers,
Publication Date: 1970

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