Entrée principale:

Pain, William, 1730?-1790?

Titre et auteur:

The carpenter's and joiner's repository, or, A new system of lines and proportions for doors, windows, chimnies, cornices & mouldings for finishing of rooms, &c. &c. : A great variety of stair-cases, on a plan entirely new, and easy to be understood. Circular circular [sic] soffits, flewing and winding, in straight and circular walls, groins, angle brackets, circular and elliptical sky-lights; and the method of squaring and preparing their circular bars, shop fronts, &c. / By W. Pain, joiner. ; Engraved on sixty-nine copper-plates.

Publication:

London: : Printed for the author, and sold by I. Taylor at the Bible and Crown, in Holborn, near Chancery-Lane., MDCCLXXVIII. [1778]

Description:

[30] p., LXI [i.e. 69] leaves of plates : ill., plans ; 35 cm. (fol.)

Notes:
"Engraved on sixty-nine copper-plates."
Includes a total of 69 plates dated 1777 and 1778 with numbering only to 61. Some plates bear letters.
Horizontal chain lines.
Probably published in parts between November 1777 and May 1778. Most of the rectos of the letterpress leaves are blank. Plate XLIX omitted. The work is probably technically a quarto Cf. Brit. Architectural Library. Catalogue of Early Printed Books.
Bookseller's advertisement on final leaf.
Archer, J. Literature Brit. domestic architecture, 425.1
Harris, E. British architectural books, 628
British Architectural Library. Early printed books, 2365
ESTC T96014

Sujet:

Decoration and ornament, Architectural Early works to 1800.
Architecture Details Early works to 1800.
Architecture Designs and plans.
Carpentry Early works to 1800.
Joinery Early works to 1800.
Staircases.
Stair building.
Décoration et ornement architecturaux Ouvrages avant 1800.
Architecture Détails Ouvrages avant 1800.
Architecture Dessins et plans.
Charpenterie Ouvrages avant 1800.
Menuiserie Ouvrages avant 1800.
Escaliers.
Escaliers Construction.
stairs (series of steps)
Architecture.
Architecture Details.
Carpentry.
Decoration and ornament, Architectural.
Joinery.

Classification/genre:

Pattern books.
Architectural drawings.
Early works.
Booksellers' advertisements.

Vedettes secondaires:

Pain, William, 1730?-1790?
Taylor, Isaac, 1730-1807.

New system of lines and proportions for doors, windows, chimnies, cornices & mouldings for finishing of rooms, &c. &c

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 207999
Cote: NA44.P144.A35 1778
Statut: Disponible