Main entry:

Halfpenny, William, -1755.

Title & Author:

The modern builder's assistant, or, A concise epitome of the whole system of architecture : in which the various branches of that excellent study are establish'd on the most familiar principles, and rendered adequate to every capacity ... / from the designs of William and John Halfpenny, architects and carpenters, Robert Morris, surveyor, and T. Lightoler, carver.

Publication:

London : Printed for J. Rivington, 1747 [i.e. 1742?]

Description:

52 pages, [85] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 31 cm

Notes:
First edition. The date given on the title page (MDCCVLII) possibly should read MDCCXLII.
Described in the printed catalog to the microfilm set, "The Fowler Architectural Collection of the Johns Hopkins University," 1961, item 151
Microfilm. New Haven : Research Publications, [1979]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Fowler collection of early architectural books ; reel 27, no. 151).

Subject:

Architecture Early works to 1800.
Architecture, Domestic.
Architecture Orders.
Architecture Ouvrages avant 1800.
Architecture Ordres.
Architecture.

Form/genre:

Early works.

Added entries:

Halfpenny, John, active 18th century.
Morris, Robert, 1701-1754.
Lightoler, T. (Timothy), active 18th century.
Fowler collection of early architectural books ; reel 27, no. 151.

Concise epitome of the whole system of architecture

Holdings:

Location: Library study room microform 26489
Call No.: ID88B11700s27
Status: Available