Turning and Mechanical Manipulation. Intended as a Work of General Reference and Practical Instruction, on the Lathe, and the Various Mechanical Pursuits Followed by Amateurs. Vol. IV. The Principles and Practice of Hand or Simple Turning. Illustrated by upwards of Seven Hundred and Fifty Woodcuts drawn on the wood by the Author.

Holtzapffel, John Jacob

Published by Published for the Author, by Holtzapffel & Co., London, 1897

About this Item

8vo, pp. xx, 592, [12, ads] + 22 plates. Original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, boards blocked in blind. Some light soiling. Boards marked, extremities a touch worn, rear joint just cracking at foot and front joint at head. Modern bookplate to front pastedown along with a different address label, some old pencil notes and a few inserted scrap sheets. The fourth volume of the Holtzapffel family?s magisterial and comprehensive work on turning, each separately published and covering a different area. The first three volumes were written by Charles Holtzapffel (the third published posthumously) and this fourth and the fifth by his son, John Jacob. This volume covers simple turning, while the fifth is on ornamental turning.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Turning and Mechanical Manipulation. Intended as a Work of General Reference and Practical Instruction, on the Lathe, and the Various Mechanical Pursuits Followed by Amateurs. Vol. IV. The Principles and Practice of Hand or Simple Turning. Illustrated by upwards of Seven Hundred and Fifty Woodcuts drawn on the wood by the Author.
• Publisher: Published for the Author, by Holtzapffel & Co., London
• Publication Date: 1897
• Binding: Hardcover