Title: A Complete Treatise of Land Surveying by the Chain, Cross, and Offset Staffs Only
Author: Davis, William
Description: xvi, (3)-283, [3] pp. 6 engraved folding plates. (8vo) 8¼x5¼, period full calf. First Edition.One of the standard surveying texts of the late 18th century. With the booklabel of [C.E.] Kenney.
Heading: zzcPlace Published: London
Publisher: for the Author
Date Published: 1798
Author: Davis, William
Description: xvi, (3)-283, [3] pp. 6 engraved folding plates. (8vo) 8¼x5¼, period full calf. First Edition.One of the standard surveying texts of the late 18th century. With the booklabel of [C.E.] Kenney.
Heading: zzcPlace Published: London
Publisher: for the Author
Date Published: 1798
Condition report
Boards worn, joints and hinges cracked; foxing to plates, one plate with paper repair to verso; else good.
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