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Creator:
Pain, William, 1730?-1790?
Title(s):
The practical builder, or, Workman's general assistant : shewing the most approved and easy methods for drawing and working the whole or separate part of any building : ... rules of carpentry ... : with plans and elevations of gentlemen's and farm-houses, barns, &c.
Additional Title(s):

Practical builder.

Workman's general assistant.
Edition:
Fourth edition : revised and corrected by the author.
Published/Created:
London : Printed for I. and J. Taylor, 1789.
Physical Description:
[20] p., 83 plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NK2260 .F87 1789
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
NK2260 .F87 1789 Copy 2
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Plates 4, 6, 9, and 69 accompanied by leaf with descriptive letterpress.
English short title catalogue, T118986
Archer 240.5
Harris, E. British architectural books and writers, 1556-1785. Cambridge [England] : Cambridge University Press, 1994,c1990. 644
Subject Terms:
Architectural drawing -- 18th century -- Great Britain.
Architecture -- Early works to 1800.
Carpentry -- Early works to 1800.
Engraving -- Specimens -- 1789.
Taylor, I. -- Publisher.
Taylor, J. -- Publisher.
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