Horse-Drawn Carriages, Coaches and Sleighs
Horse-drawn carriage, coach and sleigh enthusiasts and restorers will love this collection of seven Victorian-era carriage and sleigh publications gathered together on this cd.
You can download a free sample of the cd contents here.
THIS CD CONTAINS:
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The 1881 248-page Treatise on Coach Building.
- Five descriptive and fully-illustrated catalogues dating 1890 through to 1910 showcasing coaches, sleighs, tools, carriages and saddlery.
- The 1891 American Carriage Directory of makers, dealers and associated trades.
[note: images indicative of the books on the cd ... you are not bidding on the actual books]
Here we have an excerpt from the wonderful 1881 Treatise on Coach-Building with complete information on the various trades and processes involved.
PREFACE: It is singular that such an important industry as coach-building should have received such slight attention from writers either at home or abroad; yet such is the case, the last book dealing in any way exhaustively with the trade having been published some fifty years ago.
The manufacturers themselves have doubtless very copious notes, which, if printed, would make several large volumes; but they do not publish the result of their experience to the world, and consequently the general public, and more particularly apprentices and others whose occupations or amusements may be in any way connected with the trade, have no means of gaining an insight into this branch of industrial art.
It is hoped that this book will supply, to some extent at least, this deficiency. Its object is general utility rather than technical instructions on minor details. The principles on which carriages ought to be constructed, rather than the arbitrary proportions of parts, are what the author has sought to make clear.
From an antiquarian point of view the history of carriages is very interesting. In the first chapter the gradual development of vehicles and their parts from the first rude forms of raft and sledge, down to the shapes with, which we are now familiar, has been carefully dealt with, and all matters of interest in connection therewith have been added.
THE IMAGES BELOW ARE A RANDOM PICKING FROM THE CATALOGS CONTAINED ON THE CD.
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