The practical builder, or, Workman's general assistant : shewing the most approved and easy methods for drawing and working the whole or separate part of any building ... / William Pain.

Main entry:

Pain, William, 1730?-1790?

Title & Author:

The practical builder, or, Workman's general assistant : shewing the most approved and easy methods for drawing and working the whole or separate part of any building ... / William Pain.

Edition:

4th ed. / rev. and corrected by the Author.

Publication:

Boston : Printed and sold by John Norman, 1792.

Description:

8 p., lxxxiii leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Notes:
Edition statement transposed; precedes "Engraved on eighty-three plates."
Signatures: [A]²B².
Evans, 25956
Rink, E. Technical Americana, 2474

Subject:

Architecture Designs and plans.
Architecture Early works to 1800.
Building Details.
Building Early works to 1800.
Carpentry.
Architecture Dessins et plans.
Architecture Ouvrages avant 1800.
Construction Détails.
Construction Ouvrages avant 1800.
Charpenterie.
Architecture.
Building.

Form/genre:

Architectural drawings.
Early works.

Added entries:

Pain, William, 1730?-1790?
Norman, John, approximately 1748-1817.

Holdings:

Location: Library cage 37485
Call No.: 1780
Status: Available

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