The Builder's and Workman's New Director; comprising explanations of the general principles of architecture, of the practice of building, and of the several mechanical arts connected therewith; also the elements and practice of geometry in its application to the building art
London and Edinburgh: A. Fullarton and Co., 1852. New edition, revised and much enlarged. Half-Leather with cloth over boards. Quarto, pp. 472, illustrated with 156 copperplates and numerous b/w diagrams. Good: covers detached but present, backstrip and corner damage, foxing. Item #23822
An important 19th century trade reference manual, full of practical details for the builder. Nicholson was a prolific British author, teacher, architect, mathematician and engineer. He is known for inventing several draughtsman's tools and for his theoretical work on the skew arch. He produced 27 works on technical and engineering subjects, including this one. This is one of his later works, never published in the US, and in a sense a culmination of all of his writings. This is the first time we've been able to offer this title for sale.
Price: $175.00