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; The Use of Tramel for Groins, Angle Brackets, Niches, &c. Semi-Circular Arches on flewing Jambs, 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 Elevations of Gentlemen's and Farm Houses, Barns, &c. The fifth edition; revised and corrected by the author, William Pain, Architect and Joiner. Engraved on eighty-three plates

People / Organizations

• William Pain (Author)

Imprint

London : printed for I. and J. Taylor, at the Architectural Library, No. 56, Holborn, nearly opposite Turn-Stile, M.DCC.XCIII. [1793]

Publication year

1793

ESTC No.

T136945

Grub Street ID

185013

Description

[20]p.,LXXXIII plates ; 4°.

Note

Price from imprint: Price 12s. Bound.