May 01, 2014 - Sale 2348

Sale 2348 - Lot 288

Price Realized: $ 344
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
BERGERON, L.-E. [i. e., SALIVET, LOUIS-GEORGES-ISAAC]. Manuel du Tourneur. xxxii, 50 [i. e., 509], [1]; xi, [1], 542, 7, [1] pages, including half-titles and 1842 appendix; engraved additional title and 96 plates including 8 hand-colored, plus half-title and plate to accompany the appendix. 3 volumes. 4to, text volumes 260x204 mm, plate volume 260x239 mm, 19th-century uniform 1/2 morocco, spines faded and worn; contents generally clean. Modern owner's ephemera mounted on endpapers. Paris: Hamilin-Bergeron, 1816

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Second edition of the definitive contemporary work on the lathe, originally published in 1792-96. The illustrations show wood turning machinery and tools, finished products, and hand-colored depictions of 72 varieties of wood grain.