The Practical Draughtsman’s Book of Industrial Design, and Machinist’s and Engineer’s Drawing Companion: Forming a Complete Course of Mechanical, Engineering, and Architectural Drawing
New York: Stringer & Townsend, 1854.
First American Edition. Hardcover.
First American Edition after the First English Language Edition published in London in 1853.
Translated from the French of M. Armengaud, the Elder, and MM. Armengaud, The Younger, and Amouroux, Civil Engineer. Rewritten and arranged, with additional matter and plates, selections from and examples of the most useful and generally employed mechanism of the day by Johnson, William.
A classic 19th century work on draughting technique for the professional architect, engineer, and machinist.
Item #9011209-1/4 x 11-3/4”, original gilt titled and decorated brown cloth over thick embossed boards, yellow endpapers, 196pp of text, including numerous text figures and tables, accompanied by 45 numbered double-page engraved plates, 2 in colour, featuring figures, motifs, applications, diagrams, structural illustrations, etc., of use to the draughtsman. These are followed by 10 lettered plates (A-J; 5 single-page plates, 2 double-page, and 1 folding plate) featuring examples of finished drawings of machinery. These drawings include a balance water-meter, an engineer’s shaping machine, 3 plates of express locomotive engines (1 of which is folding), a wood planing machine, a washing machine for piece goods, a power-loom, a duplex steam boiler, and direct-acting marine engines.
Previous owner’s ink stamp (Maxon & Bourgeois, Architects, Council Bluff, IA – an architectural firm which was founded and dissolved in the year 1890), and ink owner’s name first free endpaper, clean of other owner's marks, evidence of toning and foxing throughout, all illustrations intact, one has been trimmed (Plate #40), wear and darkening to edge of folding express locomotive engine plate, tight, good.
Price: $250.00