Eighteenth-Century Woodworking Tools, Vol III, by The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. 248 Pages. Softbound. Unlike the first two volumes of the "Historic Trades" series, this third volume is devoted to the publication of a number of important and thoroughly readable papers presented at the symposium on Eighteenth Century Tools held at Colonial Williamsburg in the Spring of 1994. Included are articles on the processes of woodworking and chairmaking shops; planemaking in 18th Century America; the marketing and distribution of English tools in America; an article on Eighteenth Century toolmaking by Paul Kebabian and a range of other articles, for a total of fifteen in all. Highly recommended. UNAVAILABLE (BK-0103)
