Main entry:

Benjamin, Asher, 1773-1845.

Title & Author:

The American builder's companion, or, a system of architecture, particularly adapted to the present style of building ... / by Asher Benjamin.

Edition:

5th ed., corr. and enl.

Publication:

Boston : R.P. & C. Williams, 1826.

Description:

iv, 106 pages, 63 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm

Notes:
Title continues: Treating on practical geometry. The origin of building. Of the five orders of architecture. Of their particular parts and embellishments, and of their application. Also very fully of stairs. On churches, court houses, &c. On sashes, sash frames, shutters, doors, cornices, base and surbase mouldings, architraves, &c., &c.
Master microform held by: ResP.
Microfilm. New Haven, Conn. : Research Publications, 1973. on 1 microfilm reel with other items ; 35 mm. (American architectural books ; reel 8, no. 103).

Subject:

Architecture United States Sketch-books.
Decoration and ornament Federal style.
Decoration and ornament, Architectural United States.
Décoration et ornement Style fédéral.
Décoration et ornement architecturaux États-Unis.
Architecture.
Decoration and ornament, Architectural.
United States.

Form/genre:

Sketchbooks.

Added entries:

American architectural books ; reel 8, no. 103.

American builder's companion
System of architecture, particularly adapted to the present style of building

Holdings:

Location: Library study room microform 56196
Call No.: ID87B7159s8 MFM; ID:90-B46
Status: Available