Name/Title
The Country Builder's AssistantEntry/Object ID
2008.002.0098Description
The "bible" of the building trade in New England during the beginning of the 19th century. The book was the first American-grown collection of designs published in America.
Full title reflects contents of the book: Contain[s] a collection of new designs of carpentry and architecture which will e particularly useful to country workmen in general. Illustrated with new and useful designs of frontispieces, chimney pieces, &c. Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders with their bases. Capitals, and entablatures; architraves for doors, windows, and chimneys; cornices, base, and surbase moldings for rooms; doors, and sashes, with their moldings; the construction of stairs, with their ramp and twist rails; plan, elevation, and one section of a meetinghouse, with the pulpit at large; plans and elevations of houses; the best method of finding the length, and backing of hip rafters; also, the tracing of groins, angle brackets, circular soffits in circular walls, & c. Correctly engraved on thirty copper plates; with a printed explanation to each. (Some spelling and punctuation changed from original.)
[2] p., [30] p. of plates : ill., plans ; 18 cm. (softcover)Collection
Pamphlets, Guidebooks, Reports, Theses/DissertationsAcquisition
Accession
2008.002.Source or Donor
New Library Catalog Records (2008)Acquisition Method
Found in CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
BookNomenclature Sub-Class
Other DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Architecture--Early works to 1800, Carpentry--Early works to 1800, Architecture--Designs and plans, Interior architecture--Designs and plansOther Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Other NumberOther Number
P168Book Details
Author
Benjamin, Asher, 1773-1845Publisher
Applewood BooksCall No.
NA2520 .B4 1992ISBN
1557091048Notes
Date: 1992?Location
Location
Shelf
Books-PamphletsRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023Category
PermanentGeneral Notes
Note
Notes: By Benjamin Asher.
Distributed by the Globe Pequot Press.
"First American architectural handbook"--Cover.
Originally published: Greenfield, Mass. : Thomas Dickman, 1797.Created By
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June 16, 2008Updated By
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January 22, 2016