10th Apr, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
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Blue Coat School, Kendal.
A Manuscript Work Book compiled by Christopher P. Shaw of Blue Coat School, commencing August 1864, the subjects covered comprise Mensuration and Superficies (with fifteen problems and their rules); Bricklayers’ Work; Masons’ Work; Carpenter’s and Joiners’ Work (with two hand-coloured diagrams of a hipped roof); Slaters and Tilers Work; Plasterers Work; Painters Work; Glaziers Work; Plumbers’ Work; Pavers’ Work and Vaulted and Arched Roofs.
Approx 116 pages, with four leaves glued into two. Page size 223mm x 190mm, cloth-backed boards (binding weak).
[Christopher P[earson] Shaw became an architect in Kendal. Copies of various census records are included with the lot];
Broadside, ‘Blue-Coat Schools, Kendal. On Sunday Morning, October 26th, 1823, an Occasional Sermon will be Preached in the Parish Church of Kendal ….. A Collection will be made for Benefit of the Blue-Coat Charity Schools ….
Lacking imprint, 382mm x 240mm, Blue-Coat Schools title on reverse, folds, small tape stain towards middle with full width stain to lower edge. ‘ES 1822’ watermark. (2)
Sold for £420
Estimated at £100 - £200
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 10th Apr, 2024
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