The American builder's companion, or, a system of architecture particularly adapted to the present style of building ...
By: by Asher Benjamin
Edition: 6th ed., corr. and enl.
Series: American architectural books -- reel 8, no. 104.
Publisher: R.P. & C. Williams
Published: 1827
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Format: [microform] /
Number of pages: 114
Subjects: Architecture; Sketch-books; Decoration and ornament; Federal style; Architectural Decoration and ornament
Other titles: American builder's companion; System of architecture particularly adapted to the present style of building
Notes: Title continues: Treating on practical geometry. The origin of building. Of the five orders of architecture. Of their particular parts and embellishments, and of their application. Also very fully of stairs. On plans and elevations of houses, for both town and country. On churches, court houses, &c. On sashes, sash frames, shutters, doors, cornices, base and surbase mouldings, architraves, &c.

"With a plan and elevations of a church, nine additional plates on handrails for circular stairs, and Grecian architecture."

Master microform held by: ResP.

Microfilm. New Haven, Conn. : Research Publications, 1973. on 1 microfilm reel with other items ; 35 mm. (American architectural books ; reel 8, no. 104).