The rudiments of architecture : being a treatise on practical geometry, on Grecian and Roman mouldings ; shewing the best method of drawing their curves, with remarks on the effect of both. Also, on the origin of building, on the five orders of architecture, on their general and particular parts and embellishments ; with examples for cornices, base and surbase mouldings, architraves, and stairs. Correctly engraved on thirty-two copperplates.

Main entry:

Benjamin, Asher, 1773-1845.

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Edition:

2d ed., enlarged / with a plan and elevations of a church.

Publication:

Boston : R.P. & C. Williams, 1820.

Description:

96 pages : 32 plates including diagrams

Notes:
Microfilm. New Haven, Conn. : Research Publications, 1971. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (American architectural books : based on the Henry-Russell Hitchcock bibliography ; reel 9, no. 144).

Subject:

Architecture Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Architecture Orders.
Architecture Details.
Architecture Guides, manuels, etc.
Architecture Ordres.
Architecture Détails.
Architecture.

Form/genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Added entries:

American architectural books : based on the Henry-Russell Hitchcock bibliography.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room microform 47265
Call No.: ID87B7159s9 MFM; ID:89-B6481
Status: Available

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