The builder's pocket-treasure : in which not only the theory but the practical parts of architecture are carefully explained : illustrated with useful designs ... correctly engraved on fifty-five plates, with printed explanations to each / by William Pain ...

Main entry:

Pain, William, 1730?-1790?

Title & Author:

Edition:

A new edition.

Publication:

[Boston] : London printed, Boston reprinted, and sold by William Norman ..., 1794.

Description:

[iv], 20 p., LV [i.e. 80] leaves of plates (some folded) : chiefly ill., plans (etchings) ; 19 cm. (12mo)

Notes:
Twenty-five of the illustrations are printed across 2 leaves of plates.
Signatures: [A]⁶ B⁶.
Evans erroneously considers this work a 1793 imprint.
LC copy imperfect: plate XLVI is damaged, with some loss of details.
DLC
Evans 25955
Shipton & Mooney 25955

Subject:

Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580.
Architecture Early works to 1800.
Architecture Designs and plans.
Architecture Dessins et plans.
Architecture.
Imprints 18th century 1794.

Form/genre:

Architectural drawings.
Early works.

Added entries:

American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)

Holdings:

Location: Library main y 37472
Call No.: Y6968; ID:88-B8417
Status: Available

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