The book of English trades and library of the useful arts : with eighty-six wood-cuts

1827 · London : Printed for C. & J. Rivington, booksellers to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, St. Paul's Church-Yard and Waterloo-Place, Pall Mall · 36 pictures

The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts is an 1827 London instructional book published by C. & J. Rivington for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, with eighty-six wood-cuts. Its pictures are small, plain black-and-white wood engravings of workers at their benches, such as a blacksmith at a forge, a saddler, a stocking weaver at a frame, and a turner at a lathe, showing tools and workshop settings a designer could use for trade or craft themes.

Industrial arts · Occupations · Occupations -- Early works to 1900 · Industrial arts -- Great Britain · Great Britain -- Occupations · Great Britain

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