The Student's instructor in drawing and working the five orders of architecture

Peter Nicholson, Architect

Published by M. Taylor, London, 1837

About this Item

Seventh edition with new plates augmented and improved. 41 plates. Foxing throughout. Hinge repaired Peter Nicholson (20 July 1765 18 June 1844) was a Scottish architect, mathematician and engineer. Largely self-taught, he was apprenticed to a cabinet-maker but soon abandoned his trade in favour of teaching and writing. He practised as an architect but is best remembered for his theoretical work on the skew arch (he never actually constructed one himself), his invention of draughtsman's instruments, including a centrolinead and a cyclograph, and his prolific writing on numerous practical subjects.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Student's instructor in drawing and working the five orders of architecture
• Publisher: M. Taylor, London
• Publication Date: 1837
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 4th Edition
• Condition: Fair
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket