London : Printed for the Author, by A. Hancock, Middle Place Holborn; Sold by Holtzapffel and Co. Charing Cross. and Stewart, Ivory Turner... Oxford Street. 1833. First Edition 8vo, [-]8, C-D8, 48pp, illustrated throughout, 19c. quarter calf, pebblegrain cloth bds, marbled edges, joints slightly rubbed but sound. Bound with :- “Notes on Ibbetsons Geometric Chuck” a manuscript of 27 pages, written recto only except for a double-page “Table of Settings of Wheels of Geometric Chuck. Lathe No. 1417” and “Set of Change Wheels” on the verso, a printed illustration mounted on p.11 and 2 pen drawings in text. There is a copy of Ibbetson’s Brief Account...1833 at The Smithsonian [OCLC: 10612239] with a very similar…
London : Printed for the Author, by A. Hancock, Middle Place Holborn; Sold by Holtzapffel and Co. Charing Cross. and Stewart, Ivory Turner... Oxford Street. 1833. First Edition
8vo, [-]8, C-D8, 48pp, illustrated throughout, 19c. quarter calf, pebblegrain cloth bds, marbled edges, joints slightly rubbed but sound.
Bound with :-
“Notes on Ibbetsons Geometric Chuck” a manuscript of 27 pages, written recto only except for a double-page “Table of Settings of Wheels of Geometric Chuck. Lathe No. 1417” and “Set of Change Wheels” on the verso, a printed illustration mounted on p.11 and 2 pen drawings in text.
There is a copy of Ibbetson’s Brief Account...1833 at The Smithsonian [OCLC: 10612239] with a very similar manuscript bound in. Another copy is currently offered on the internet, also with a manuscript “Additional Notes on Ibbestson’s Geometric Chuck...” bound in. It is in a different hand from ours, and written on blue-tinted paper watermarked 1852.
In 1950 The Society of Ornamental Turners issued a photographic facsimile reprint of Ibbetson’s Brief Account “with the original manuscript notes”
OCLC: 10612239
London : Published for the Author by Holtzapffel & Co. 64 Charing Cross Rd. and 127 Long Acre. 1843, 1856(sic), 1850, 1879 & 1884. First Edition 8vo, Vols 1-3 with continuous pagination, 1477pp (with errors), Vol 4, 592pp, Vol 5, 652pp, together 5 volumes, half calf, marbled boards, Vols 1 & 2 neatly rebacked, old backs laid down, some rubbing to edges and surface of boards, but a good sound copy. This is the rare early issue with the title page of volume 2 dated 1856 (corrected in the Preface) The first three volumes of this monumental work were written by Charles Holtzapffel (the 3rd posthumously published by his widow). The final two volumes were completed…
London : Published for the Author by Holtzapffel & Co. 64 Charing Cross Rd. and 127 Long Acre. 1843, 1856(sic), 1850, 1879 & 1884. First Edition
8vo, Vols 1-3 with continuous pagination, 1477pp (with errors), Vol 4, 592pp, Vol 5, 652pp, together 5 volumes, half calf, marbled boards, Vols 1 & 2 neatly rebacked, old backs laid down, some rubbing to edges and surface of boards, but a good sound copy.
This is the rare early issue with the title page of volume 2 dated 1856 (corrected in the Preface)
The first three volumes of this monumental work were written by Charles Holtzapffel (the 3rd posthumously published by his widow). The final two volumes were completed by his son, John Jacob, who inherited the family business at 64, Charing Cross Road.
The extraordinary comprehensiveness of these five volumes is perhaps best demonstrated by the contents as listed on the title-pages :-
Vol.1. “Materials, their differences, choice and preparation: various modes of workimg them, generally without cutting tools”.
Vol.2. “The principles of construction,action, and application of cutting tools used by hand; and also of the machines derived from the hand tools.”
Vol.3. “ Abrasive and miscellaneous processes, which cannot be accomplished with a cutting tool”
Vol.4. “The principles and practice of hand or simple turning”
Vol.5. “The principles and practice of ornamental of complex turning.
N.B. Although vols 5 and 6 say “To be comprised in 6 volumes”, a sixth volume was never issued.