Joel has also taken great pains to add footnotes to the original text to add relevant facts of interest to today's reader as well as help better explain what is being referenced in the story. The second part of this review covers what author Joel Moskowitz (of and ) has added, which include an introduction and a brief explanation of the conditions of the joinery trade as well as explanations of what tools were commonly available and used at the time. Then there are the parts added by the additional authors, both of whom are very well known to modern hand tool woodworking enthusiasts. The first part is the original text of the book (along with a precious few illustrations). ![]() ![]() There are essentially three parts to this book I would like to look at in this review.
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