Main entry:

Haviland, John, 1792-1852.

Title & Author:

The builders' assistant, containing the five orders of architecture : 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 ...

Publication:

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

Description:

3 volumes : illustrations, plates ; 22 cm

Restrictions:

Restrictions: for preservation reasons please request microfilm copy (ID 91-B745).

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": pages [49]-50 following appendix.
The first American architectural book to describe the Greek as well as the Roman orders.
"List of prices of the stone masons & brick layers, in Philadelphia": pages [35]-45; "List of prices of the master platerers, in Philadelphia": pages [46]-48.
Bound at the end of vol. 3 of: Haviland, John. The builders' assistant. Philadelphia: 1821.

Subject:

Architecture Orders.
Building.
Carpentry.
Framing (Building)
Architecture Ordres.
Construction.
Charpenterie.
price books.
constructions (sculpture)
carpentry (process)

Form/genre:

Subscription lists.

Added entries:

Bridport, Hugh, 1794-approximately 1868, engraver.
House carpenters' book of prices and rules, for measuring and valuing all their different kinds of work.
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Holdings:

Location: Library cage 13467
Call No.: ID:87-B3775
Status: Available