The Country Builder's Assistant: Containing a Collection of New Designs of Carpentry and Architecture; which will be particularly useful to Country Wo

by Asher Benjamin

Originally published in 1797, this was the bible of the building trade in New England during the beginning of the nineteenth century. The book was the first American-grown collection of designs published in America, and through its publication, Asher Benjamin popularized an American style of architecture. Illustrated with new and useful designs of Frontispieces, Chimney Pieces, Tuscan, Doric, Ionie and Corinthian Orders with their Bases, Capitals...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1406795879
• ISBN13: 9781406795875
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Hesperides Press
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"