Practical Masonry, or a Theoretical and Operative Treatise of Building; Containing a Scientific Account of Stones, Clays, Bricks, Mortars, Cements, Fireplaces, Furnaces, &c.; A Description of Their Component Parts, with the Manner of Preparing and Using Them; and The Fundamental Rules in Geometry on Masonry and Stone-Cutting...
Boston, MA: Benjamin B. Mussey, 1846. First edition. Half-Leather with Marbled Boards. Quarto, pp. 192, including glossary of terms, illustrated with 44 copperplate engravings. Hitchcock 1160. A classic text on this group of building materials, beautifully illustrated. Of all of Shaw's titles (Civil Architecture, Rural Architecture), this is the scarcest..... More