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

About this Item

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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: 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)
• Publisher: John Bioren, Philadelphia
• Publication Date: 1818
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good