An Essay on the Construction, Hanging and Fastening of Gates; Exemplified in Six Quarto Plates

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An Essay on the Construction, Hanging and Fastening of Gates; Exemplified in Six Quarto Plates, Second Edition; improved and enlarged, Thomas N. Parker, Printed by C. Whittingham, London, 1804, 116 pp, original blue boards, 10 x 6.5 , 8vo. In good condition. Spine nicely rebacked. Light wear to extremities with minor scuffing to corners. Modest soiling to boards. Gutters reinforced nicely. Bookplate of Maurice Robert Des Marais on front end pastedown. Des Marais was a longtime faculty member in the Department of Architecture at Penn State College of Arts and Architecture and a corporate member of the American Institute of Architects. Interior lightly toned, as to be expected. All plates present. Binding intact. Free of markings. Please see photos. Second enlarged edition. First published in 1801 and fast became the standard work on the subject. An additional two engraved plates were added to the second edition. It was deemed that this book should be printed on large paper so it was able to accommodate large format plates; this is noted in the advertisement following the title page. N° de ref. del artículo COLA1804BJLD

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