NICHOLSON Peter — The New Practical Builder, and Workman's Companion: containing a full display and elucidation of the most recent and skilful methods, pursued by architects and artificers, in the various departments of carpentry, joinery, bricklaying, masonry, slating, plumbing, painting, glazing, plastering, &c &c....... [2 volumes]

London, Thomas Kelly, 1823. Fp, title, 596pp, continuously paginated plus text figs, 8pp law report ), 182 plates, variously numbered, some folding, as usual bound with Elsam, "The Practical Builder's Perpetual Price-book", fp,180pp 27x22, tooled leather, glt lettering to spine, marbled edges Spines rather worn, front board of Vol II detached, good thus. One of Nicholson's most important works (cf Archer 225.1), this is the first Kelly edition in a particularly attractive binding. [Very heavy item, will require additional postage to most destinations]