[SCIENCE] James Smith: The Mechanic,or, Compendium of Practical Inventions
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James Smith
The Mechanic, or, Compendium of Practical Inventions; (2 Volumes)
Liverpool: Henry Fisher at the Caxton Press, No date (plates dated 1813-1818).
22cm x 14cm. X, 496; vi, [2], 470, [2] pages, 104 plates (15 folding), 2 frontispieces. Half leather, marbled papered boards, gilt lettering, marbled edges and endpapers.
Containing Two Hundred and Thirteen Articles, Selected and Original, Arranged under the following Heads: I. Manufactures and Trade, II. Philosophical Apparatus and the Fine Arts, III. Rural and Domestic Economy, and Miscellanies: Illustrated by One Hundred and Six Copperplate Engravings; with a copious analytical index.
Spines and boards rubbed. Joints thinning. Occasional foxing. Very Good Condition.
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