The builders' assistant, containing the five orders of architecture [microform] : selected from the best specimens of the Greek and Roman, with the figured dimensions of their height, projection, and profile, and a variety of mouldings, modillions & foliage, on a larger scale, both enriched and plain ... / by John Haviland ... and engraved by Hugh Bridport ...

Main entry:

Haviland, John, 1792-1852.

Title & Author:

Publication:

Philadelphia : Published by John Bioren ... and John Haviland and Hugh Bridport ..., 1818-1821.

Description:

3 v. : ill., plates ; 22 cm.

Notes:
"An appendix, containing the carpenters', bricklayers', and plasterers' book of prices": 48 p. at end of text in vol. 3. With separate title page: House carpenters' book of prices and rules, for measuring and valuing all their different kinds of work. (Adapted to Federal currency). Philadelphia, 1819.
"List of subscribers' names": p. [49]-50 following appendix.
The first American architectural book to describe the Greek as well as the Roman orders.
Microfilm. New Haven, Conn. : Research Publications, 1971. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (American architectural books ; based on the Henry-Russell Hitchcock bibliography; reel 41, no. 578).

Subject:

Architecture Orders.
Building.
Carpentry.
Framing (Building)
Architecture Ordres.
Construction.
Charpenterie.
price books.
constructions (sculpture)
architectural orders (assembly and style)
carpentry (process)

Form/genre:

Subscription lists.

Added entries:

Bridport, Hugh, 1794-approximately 1868.
House carpenters' book of prices and rules, for measuring and valuing all their different kinds of work.
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
American architectural books : based on the Henry-Russell Hitchcock bibliography.

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Location: Library study room microform 69682
Call No.: ID87B7159s41 MFM; ID:91-B745
Status: Available

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