An edition of The country builder's assistant (1797)

The country builder's assistant

fully explaining, the best methods for striking regular and quirked mouldings ... : Correctly engraved on thirty-seven copperplates with a printed explanation to each.

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The country builder's assistant
Asher Benjamin, Asher Benjamin
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An edition of The country builder's assistant (1797)

The country builder's assistant

fully explaining, the best methods for striking regular and quirked mouldings ... : Correctly engraved on thirty-seven copperplates with a printed explanation to each.

  • 2 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading

This is a pattern book of Federal period moulding and trim styles distributed by Asher Benjamin in 1797. It was a guide for carpenters of the time.

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Previews available in: English

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Edition Notes

Signatures: [A]⁴ B-D⁴ E².

Plates drawn by Asher Benjamin. There is no explanatory text for plates 9-10, 17-18, and 29-33.

Evans 33399.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 33399)

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Boston
Series
Early American imprints -- no. 33399.

The Physical Object

Format
Microform
Pagination
[36] p., 37 leaves of plates (2 folded)
Number of pages
37

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL17738667M

First Sentence

"FIGURE A. Scotia ; to draw the curve line of the Scotia, divide the height into three parts ; place one foot of your compaffes in 2, and extend the other to 3, and draw the Arch line 3 b ; then move your compaffes to a, and extend to b, and draw the curve line b, d."

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August 2, 2012 Edited by VacuumBot Updated format '[microform] :' to 'Microform'; cleaned up pagination
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September 30, 2008 Created by ImportBot Imported from Oregon Libraries MARC record