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 (Vol. 1)

Haviland, John

Published by John Bioren, Philadelphia, 1818

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Contemporary full leather, red leather label to spine. Leather rubbed, corners bumped, loss to leather at spine head. PO names, notes to rear endpages. Volume 1 only. Front blank, title page, x, xiv, 263, [1] pp. Fifty plates, all present. Some occasional pencilled notes in text; scattered foxing. First edition of a rare and important book in American architecture. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Seller Inventory # 40869

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Builders' Assistant, Containing the Five...

Publisher: John Bioren, Philadelphia

Publication Date: 1818

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Edition: First Edition.