The rudiments of architecture
Subtitle: being a treatise on practical geometry, on Grecian and Roman mouldings; shewing the best method of drawng their curves, with remarks on the effect of both. : Also, on the origin of building, on the five orders of architecture, on their general and particular parts and embellishments; with examples for cornices, base and surbase mouldings, architraves, and stairs. : Correctly engraved on thirty-two copperplates
By: By Asher Benjamin
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 30848
Publisher: Printed for the author, by Munroe and Francis, no. 4, Cornhill.
Published: 1814
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
Subjects: Architecture; Handbooks, manuals; Orders; Details; Building
Notes: Intended for apprentices and students of architecture.

Some illustrations signed by A. Benjamin; some engravings by H.W. Snyder and T. Wightman.

Copyright Feb. 28, 1814 by Asher Benjamin.

Errors in paging: p. 26, 46 misnumbered 62, 64.

Shaw & Shoemaker 30848

Hitchcock, H.R. Amer. architectural books, 143

Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.