The London and country builder's vade mecum, or, The complete and universal estimator : comprehending the London and country prices of the different works of bricklayers, masons, carpenters, joyners, glaziers, plumbers, slaters, plaisterers, painters, paviours, carvers, smiths, &c. : interspersed with such useful and necessary rules and observations as are of the greatest consequence in estimating of any building ... with a complete index to the whole / by William Salmon ...

Main entry:

Salmon, William, approximately 1703-1779.

Title & Author:

Edition:

The fifth edition, revised and corrected / with many large improvements and alterations throughout the whole, by John Green ...

Publication:

London : Printed for S. Crowder ... and B. Collins ..., 1773.

Description:

[4], 184, [8] pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : 1 illustration ; 20 cm (8vo)

Notes:
Signatures: [A]², B-2B⁴ [$2 signed].
Harris, E. assisted by N. Savage. British architectural books and writers, 1990, 792

Resources:
Connect online to the Making of the Modern World (The Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature)

Subject:

Building Estimates Great Britain Early works to 1800.
Building Prices Great Britain Early works to 1800.
Building materials Prices Great Britain Early works to 1800.
Construction Devis estimatifs Grande-Bretagne Ouvrages avant 1800.
Construction Matériaux Prix Grande-Bretagne Ouvrages avant 1800.
Building Estimates.
Building materials Prices.
Building Prices.
Great Britain.
Construction Great Britain 1770-1780.
Building materials Great Britain 1770-1780.
Prices Great Britain 1770-1780.
Estimates Great Britain 1770-1780.

Form/genre:

Price books.
Early works.

Added entries:

Green, John (Architect)

Complete and universal estimator

Holdings:

Location: Library main 227802
Call No.: TH434 .S3 1773
Status: Available

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