The Art of Joinery, Revised Edition

“The Art of Joinery” was the first book published by Lost Art Press. It was out of print and unavailable for several years until The Lost Art Press released this revised edition in the fall of 2013. Here is what the revised edition contains: 1. The lightly edited text of Joseph Moxon’s landmark work on joinery – the first English-language text on the topic. We took Moxon’s 17th-century verbiage and removed the long “s” characters, broke up his run-on sentences and added a few words here and there (in brackets) to help the modern reader digest the text more easily. 2. Modern commentary on every one of Moxon’s sections on tools and techniques by Christopher Schwarz. Chris has amplified the text with photos that demonstrate many of the processes that Moxon discusses, such as processing stock by hand and cutting mortise-and-tenon joints. And Chris has explained the historical context behind many of Moxon’s explanations, sometimes supporting his conclusions; sometimes taking issue with them