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 ...

Edition:

4th ed., corrected and enlarged / by Asher Benjamin.

Publication:

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

Description:

iv, [2] pages, pages [5]-104, 61 plates

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.
Microfilm. New Haven, Conn. : Research Publications, 1971. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (American architectural books : based on the Henry-Russell Hitchcock bibliography ; reel 8, no. 102).

Subject:

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

Form/genre:

Sketchbooks.

Added entries:

System of architecture, particularly adapted to the present style of building.
American architectural books : based on the Henry-Russell Hitchcock bibliography.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room microform 48484
Call No.: ID87B7159s8 MFM; ID:89-B7530
Status: Available