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Pain (William)

The Practical Builder; or workmanís 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. Semi-Circular Arches on Flewing James, the preparing and making their Soffits. Rules of Carpentry; To find the Length and Backing of Hips, strait or curved; Trusses for Roofs, Domes, &c. - Trussing of Girders, Sections of Floors, &c. The Proportion of the Five Orders, in their general and particular Parts, Gluing of Columns, Stair-Cases with their ramp and twist Rails, fixing the Carriages, Newels, &c. Frontispieces, Chimney-Pieces, Ceilings, Cornices, Architraves, &c. in the newest Taste. With plans and

London: Printed for I. and J. Taylor, at the Bible and Crown, - 1774.,

618.76 €

Forest Books William Laywood

(Grantham, United Kingdom)

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Author
Pain (William)
Publishers
London: Printed for I. and J. Taylor, at the Bible and Crown,, 1774.
Keyword
ARCHITECTURE APPLIED ARTS CARPENTRY BUILDING CEILINGS ROOFS

Description

First edition, 4to (270 x 215 mm), [18]pp., with the final advert leaf, 83 engraved plates (the contents of which are well represented in the title), some light foxing throughout, some minor worming to upper blank margin of first few leaves, recent calf calf, red morocco label to spine. BAL, 2371; Archer, 240.1; Harris, 640.
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