The Art Of Land Surveying Explained By Short And Easy Rules; Particularly Adapted For The Use Of Schools, And So Arranged As To Be Also Useful To Farmers, Stewards And Others

Dark green cloth boards with gilt lettering to front. Blind stamped decoration front and back. Boards are marked and generally grubby. Corners are bumped, edges are worn. Spine is age darkened with bumping to ends. Fep is missing. All pages are well held although the textblock is cracked between pages 24 and 25. Some annotations to the textblock, mainly a child's scribble, all in pencil . Some foxing to both endpages and throughout. Lower corners dog-eared. 96 pp. Previous owner's mark to half-title page and rfep. The first paragraph of the introduction summarises the purpose of the book as follows. 'There are several treatises extant on land surveying all more of less calculated to instruct the pupil, so as to render him a complete professional Surveyor. With these works I am not entering into competition; my sole object is to produce a few pages, which, being placed into the hands of school boys, who are to follow the business of farmers, may give them such a knowledge of surveying, as may enable them to do all that is needful in that art, on the farm.' When securely packed this item will weigh in the region of 198g. (YBP Ref: 010633:1-N10)

• Author: QUESTED, John
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• Publisher: Relfe and Fletcher
• Condition: Good Minus
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• Size: 12mo - over 63/4in - 73/4in tall
• Binding: Hardcover
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• Published in: London
• Published Date: 1843
• Edition: 1st
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• Language: English