"Jousse - The Art Of Carpentry. Printed In Paris, Chez Charles-antoine Jombert, In 1751."
JOUSSE (Mathurin) - The Art of Carpentry. Paris, Chez Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1751; folio, warning + table of contents + 212 pp., full binding in period speckled calfskin, spine with nerves decorated with flowers, red title piece. The author is an architect and engineer from the town of La Flèche. Corrected and augmented by what is most curious in this art, and the machines most necessary for a carpenter by M. de la Hire. Third edition. Complete with 9 folding sheets (not counting the figures and tables in the text).