Offered Here  - The 1722 and Final Edition of Leybourn’s The Compleat Surveyor.  London, Printed for Samuel Ballard, Aaron Ward and Tho. Woodward, 1722. Folio. [12], 100; 166; 155, [1] p. Portrait, fourteen engraved plates. Titlepage printed in red and black. Final page catalogue of books printed for Ballard, Ward and Woodward. Contemporary panelled calf, rubbed. Spine with raised bands and a contemporary label.Some text sections differentially browned as usual.  A very good copy.

Leybourn’s The Compleat Surveyor books were classics, published a number of times between 1653 to 1722.  Each edition of the book was larger in content and substance and brought the work to a standard that exceeded most others of the time.  George Washington apparently focused on Leybourn’s Compleat Surveyor as a young man studying the art of surveying.

The 1700 Leybourn is impressive - a massive book that dwarfs almost all other surveying textbooks.  I took a pic of my bookshelf to put the 1722 Leybourn book in perspective.  A 1700 Wing is on the bottom, with the 1722 Leybourn on top of it.  The 1722 Leybourn is just slightly smaller than the 1700 Wing.   If you collect surveying books, a 1722 Leybourn The Compleat Surveyor is a Must-Have book.

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