The builder's dictionary, or, Gentleman and architect's companion :
explaining not only the terms of art in all the several parts of architecture, but also containing the theory and practice of the various branches thereof ... : also necessary problems in arithmetic, geometry, mechanics, perspective, hydraulics, and other mathematical sciences : together with the quantities proportions, and prices of all kinds of materials used in building ... /
fully digested by the most approved writers on the subjects.

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Devoto, John, fl. 1719-1752.
Toms, W. H. (William Henry), ca. 1700-ca. 1750.

Language(s)

English

Published

London : Printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch ..., and S. Austen ..., 1734.

Subjects

Building > Building / Dictionaries > Building / Dictionaries / Early works to 1800.
Architecture > Architecture / Dictionaries > Architecture / Dictionaries / Early works to 1800.
Engravings > Engravings / England > Engravings / England / 18th century.

Note

Frontispiece in vol. 1 by William Henry Toms after John Devoto; illustrated with etched plates.

Physical Description

2 v. : ill. ; 21 cm. (8vo)

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