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The architect, or, Complete builder's guide

Benjamin, Asher, 1773-1845 · 1845 · Boston : Benjamin B. Mussey · 15 pictures

Asher Benjamin's The Architect, or Complete Builder's Guide, published in Boston in 1845 by Benjamin B. Mussey, is a carpentry and architecture manual for builders and joiners working in the American building trades of its day. Its plates are engraved architectural drawings of panelled doors, cornices, and a frontispiece doorway with elevations, sections, and mouldings drawn in plain outline.

Architecture · Carpentry

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