1816 —— Smith’s Mechanics – 2 Leather Matching Volumes —- Compendium of Practical Inventions

The Mechanic, or, Compendium of Practical Inventions; Containing Two Hundred and Thirteen Articles, Selected and Original, Arranged under the following Heads:

I. Manufactures and Trade

II. Philosophical Apparatus and the Fine Arts

III. Rural and Domestic Economy, and Miscellanies:

Illustrated By One Hundred and Six Copperplate Engravings; with a copious analytical index.

By James Smith; In Two Volumes. Liverpool: Printed at the Caxton Press, By Henry Fisher. Marbled end sheets.

Two matching volumes; brown leather; gold design around front cover and back cover; gold design and raised bands on spine; some repair to front hinge of volume two; has the expected wear to the binding overall, but a nice matching set; fold-outs all look very good; corners a bit worn, not perfect, but nice; and extremely rare! Nice two volume complete set.

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