Being a comprehensive treatise on the selection, preparation, and strength of materials and the mechanical principles of framing, with their application in carpentry, joinery, and hand-railing; also a course of introduction in practical geometry, geometrical lines , drawing, projection , and perspective; and an illustrated glossary of term as used in architecture an building. Illustrated by an extensive series of plates and many hundred engravings on wood.By James Newlands, Borough engineer of Liverpool. Published by Blackie and Son 1867. An early edition.In good/fair condition for age, bound in half calf, with fabric to boards but front board detached. Fabric and leather unglued near spine.Corners bumped scraped and exposed. Damage to head of spine. Free end paper crumpled. Foxing due to age. Block good and solid.A heavy item this will be dispatched by courier.