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(CARPENTRY.) Hall, John. A New and Concise Method of Hand-Railing, upon Correct Principles;Simplified to the Capacity of Every Practical Carpenter. 8 engraved plates. 23 pages. 4to, publisher's boards, moderate wear; foxing. Baltimore: John Murphy, 1840
first edition of Hall's treatise which "introduced the concentric ellipsograph, a machine of the author's invention which aided carpenters in laying out compound curves for stair rails and steps"--Smith, John Hall and the Grecian Style in America, page v. Shaw & Shoemaker 40-2898.
