Engineer Machinists Drawing Book Complete Course by Blanc Armengaud (6 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: None. Spine completely missing, binding ragged and worn; boards quite soiled and worn; all plates present but dampstained.

Half Calf. Condition: Near Very Good. Book measures 38.5x28.cm. Collation, viii, 116pp, engraved title, 71 full page plates, of which 1 is coloured. Complete as index. Bound in period half calf, calf corners, cloth boards, raised bands, gilt lettering, coloured endpapers. Binding rubbed, scuffed, worn. Generally binding in good condition. Internally, previous owners name, dated 1855, offsetting to engraved title, general light tanning or spotting to plates, heavier for a few plates. Generally pages and plates in good condition. A good copy Size: Folio.

Half Leather/Marbelized Boards. Condition: Very Good. Presumed First Edition. .from the Machine, Projection of Shadows, Tinting and Colouring, Perspective. Illustrated by Numerous Engravings on Wood and Steel. Including Select Details, and Complete Machines. Forming a Progressive Series of Lessons in Drawing, and Examples of Approved Construction. Two volumes. Contemporary brown pebbled leather over swirling marbleized pattern at covers. Both volumes with minor wearing and rubbing to spine, spine edges and cover corners. Ffe of Volume 1 creased. Foxing to pastedowns, free endpapers, title pages, and occasionally throughout largely clean texts and plates. Bindings tight and firm. Volume 1 contains the text, Volume 2 with 71 black and white engraved plates. Scarce.

First edition hard back binding recently rebound in heavy deep purple cloth covers, navy morocco and gilt title label to the spine, blind tooling to the perimeter edges of the front and rear boards. Folio. 15'' x 11''. Contains frontispiece (plate lvii), additional illustrated title page, title page, (viii), 116 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations and geometric drawings throughout the text block, followed by 71 full-page (as called for) single-sided plates including one colour and many double-page. Foxing to the later pages and plates, two plates have well executed humorous colour illustrations to the verso. Just rebound leaving the volume sound and strong to handle and use. Heavy volume 2.5 kg, extra postage will be requested over and above our default setting for destinations outside the UK. Member of the P.B.F.A. ENGINEER (Invent, Innovate).

In 4° grande, bellissima leg. in mz. pelle coeva con punte, nervi, tit. e ricchissimi fregi in oro al dorso, tagli dorati, pp.(2nn)-VIII-116. Bellissimo front. fig. inciso in rame, 246 figg. intercalate n.t. + LXXI tavv. f.t. incise in rame (compreso il front.), alcune delle quali su doppia p. e a colori. Pubblicazione inglese ad uso degli ingegneri e dei macchinisti ferroviari suddivisa in 8 parti. Bellissime le tavv. f.t. incise in rame, estremamente dettagliate e raffiguranti figure geometriche, proiezioni, dettagli di locomotive, prospetti di stazioni ferroviarie inglesi.Le tavv. presentano fiorit. per la qualità della carta, sporadiche invece n.t. Leg. solida e integra, alcuni segni di abrasione agli angoli e al dorso, conservaz. compless. molto buona.

Folio, pp. viii, 116; inserted engraved title page, engraved frontispiece and 70 engraved plates (actually 68 plates as 2 are double-page), plus a chromolithograph; later half maroon calf over original terracotta cloth boards, gilt-lettered on upper cover; a very good, sound copy. Comprising linear drawing, projections, eccentric curves, the various forms of gearing, reciprocating machinery, sketching and drawing from the machine, projection of shadows, tinting and coloring, and perspective. Originally published in 1855. The book was still in print as late as 1881.