Main entry:

Benjamin, Asher, 1773-1845.

Title & Author:

The builder's guide : illustrated by sixty-six engravings, which exhibit the orders of architecture and other elements of the art : designed for the use of builders, particularly of carpenters and joiners / by Asher Benjamin, author of "The American builder's companion," The rudiments of architecture," "The practical house carpenter," and "Practice of architecture."

Publication:

Boston : Published by Perkins & Marvin ; Philadelphia : Henry Perkins, 1839.

Description:

83, [1] p., LXVI leaves of plates : ill., plans ; 28 cm

Notes:
Page [84] is blank.
Copyright 1838 by Asher Benjamin. See verso of title page.
Plates signed: G.W. Boynton, sc.
"Table of data, &c. useful in various calculations ..."--Page 69 -71; printed in two columns
"A dictionary of technical terms used by architects and artificers."--Page 72 -83; printed in two columns
Later published in 1845 under title: The architect; or, Complete builder's guide.
Checklist Amer. imprints 54338

Subject:

Architecture Orders Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Architecture Details Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Architecture, Classical Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Architecture Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Carpentry Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Columns Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Decoration and ornament, Architectural.
Architecture Ordres Guides, manuels, etc.
Architecture Détails Guides, manuels, etc.
Architecture antique Guides, manuels, etc.
Architecture Guides, manuels, etc.
Charpenterie Guides, manuels, etc.
Décoration et ornement architecturaux.
architectural ornament.
Architecture
Architecture, Classical
Architecture Details
Architecture Orders
Carpentry
Columns

Form/genre:

handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals
Manuals (Handbooks) Massachusetts Boston 1843.
Guides et manuels.

Added entries:

Perkins, Henry, 1803-1889, publisher.
Boynton, George W., -1884, engraver.
Perkins & Marvin, publisher.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 62669
Call No.: 185; ID:85-B7988
Status: Available