THE BRITISH CARPENTER

PRICE, Francis.  THE BRITISH CARPENTER.

London: H. Baldwin, 1765. 4to. Contemporary sheep. Two engraved frontispieces (second opposite page 153), (viii), 72 pages, (60) plates, 2 of which are folding. Fifth edition. [Harris, 711].

First published in 1733 under the title, A Treatise on Carpentry, Elizabeth Harris identifies this as the first comprehensive work on carpentry in English.  Helen Park found more copies in eighteenth century America (twenty-seven) than of any other single architectural title.  George Washington owned a copy (the 1768 edition).  Slight chipping to head of spine else very good.

 

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