The builders compleat assistant, or, A library of arts and sciences, absolutely necessary to be understood by builders and workmen in general ... the whole exemplified by 77 large quarto copper-plates / by B. Langley.

Main entry:

Langley, Batty, 1696-1751.

Title & Author:

Edition:

3rd ed.

Publication:

London : Printed for C. Ware, [1745?]

Description:

2 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
The second v., which has no t.p., consists of plates only. Plates are dated 1738.
v. [1] Text -- v. [2] Plates.

Exhibitions:

Exhibited: "L'architecture et son image: quatre siècles de répresentation architecturale: œuvres tirées des collections du Centre canadien d'architecture = Architecture and its image: four centuries of architectural representation: works from the collection of the Canadian Centre for Architecture", Centre canadien d'architecture, May 7-Aug, 7, 1989; Dallas Museum of Art, spring 1990; École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Paris, fall 1990.

Subject:

Building Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Building Early works to 1800.
Construction Guides, manuels, etc.
Construction Ouvrages avant 1800.
Building.

Form/genre:

Early works.
Handbooks and manuals.

Added entries:

Library of arts and sciences, absolutely necessary to be understood by builders and workmen in general ...

Holdings:

Location: Library main 6640
Call No.: W6002
Copy: v. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library main 6639
Call No.: W6002
Copy: v. 2
Status: Available

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