May 01, 2014 - Sale 2348

Sale 2348 - Lot 261

Price Realized: $ 500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
MOXON, JOSEPH. Mechanick Exercises; or, The Doctrine of Handy-Works. Volume 1 (of 2). 18 (of 19) engraved plates; lacks the frontispiece. 4to, 192x144 mm, early 19th-century 1/2 calf with gilt Signet Library arms on covers, rebacked retaining most of worn original backstrip;. occasional minor marginal soiling, few minor stains, small pictorial labels mounted on verso of most plates, lacks 3 part titles in the section on turning. Bookseller's catalogue description tipped to front free endpaper, and invoice to rear pastedown. London: J. Moxon, 1693(-94)

Additional Details

Second edition of a 1683-84 work describing the principal trades of the day. The first volume deals with smithing, joinery, carpentry, and wood turning. Norman 1561 (original edition); Wing M3015 (this edition).