The practical builder;
or, Workman's general assistant; shewing the most approved and easy methods for drawing and working the whole or separate part of any building; as, the use of the tramel for groins, angle brackets, niches, &c. ... Ruled of carpentry, to find the length and backing of hips strait or curved; trusses for roofs, domes, &c. ... The proportion of the five orders in their general and particular parts ... With plans and elevations of gentlemen's and farm-houses, barns, &c.

Description

Main Author

Pain, William, 1730?-1790?

Language(s)

English

Published

London, Printed for I. and J. Taylor at the Architectural library, 1789.

Edition

The fourth edition;

Subjects

Architecture > Architecture / Early works to 1800.

Note

Some plates faced by leaves of descriptive text and not included in paging.

Physical Description

1 p. L., [4] p., LXXXIII pl. (incl. plans, diagrs.) 27 cm.

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