Item #97090 A Key to Civil Architecture ; or, The Universal British Builder. Containing the Principles and Properties of Building clearly demonstrated, with Illustrations and Definitions both Theoretical and Practical. to which is added a treatise of arithmetic. 1774. Thomas Skaife.
A Key to Civil Architecture ; or, The Universal British Builder. Containing the Principles and Properties of Building clearly demonstrated, with Illustrations and Definitions both Theoretical and Practical. to which is added a treatise of arithmetic. 1774

A Key to Civil Architecture ; or, The Universal British Builder. Containing the Principles and Properties of Building clearly demonstrated, with Illustrations and Definitions both Theoretical and Practical. to which is added a treatise of arithmetic. 1774

London: The Author, 1774. 1st ed., octavo, pp.iv, 296, (xvi, contents, subscribers), 'Sion College' stamp to verso of t.p. with stamp date, eps foxed with ink markings to fep, full leather, hinges weak, edges chipped and worn with some loss, cnrs bumped, later restored spine with red titled leather label, contents generally clean, complete and in very good condn

Rare first edition by English carpenter and joiner, Thomas Skaife. Published same year as the great London Building Act of 1774, known as the 'Black Act'. Item #97090

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