Mid-nineteenth century, illustrated dictionary of arts and manufacturing. Handsome binding with leather book spines:

A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines: Containing a Clear Exposition of their Principles and Practice

by Andrew Ure

Published by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans in 1839.

Topics too many to list individually but a selection includes button manufacture, callico printing, coffee, bread, cotton manufacture, evaporation, flax, glass-making,mines, limekiln and many others.

Illustrated with 1240 wood engravings.

Hardback  book, 1334 pages in total,  14.5 cm by 22 cm. .

Good condition

Complete 2 volume set. Some wear and marks to cover including some splitting of the leather to the edge of the book spine. Covers remain attached. The end papers are splitting in the hinge region. The binding is intact. A name written on the title page. Occasional marks to the inner pages.

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