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The practical house carpenter, or, Youth's instructor : containing a great variety of useful designs in carpentry and architecture ... : to which is added a list of the price of carpenters' work : the whole illustrated and made perfectly easy by 148 copper plates, with explanations to each / by William Pain ....

Collection Type

  • Books and periodicals

GUSN

GUSN-151141

Description

16, 7, [1] p., 146 [i.e. 154] leaves of plates : chiefly ill., plans ; 25 cm. (4to)

Details

Descriptive Terms

Architecture Early works to 1800.
Building Early works to 1800.
Architecture Details.

Originator

Pain, William, 1730?-1790?
American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)

Publication

Boston : Printed and sold by William Norman ...

Description

16, 7, [1] p., 146 [i.e. 154] leaves of plates : chiefly ill., plans ; 25 cm. (4to)

Notes

Publisher's advertisements on p. [8] at end.
Signatures: [A]p4s Bp4s, p2s Ap4s.

Call Number

Rare NA2515.P3 1796

Edition

The first American, from the fifth London, edition, with additions.

Variant Title

Practical house carpenter.
Youth's instructor.

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