The Architect, or Practical House Carpenter; illustrated by sixty-four engravings, which exhibit the orders of architecture, and other elements of the art; designed for the use of carpenters and builders
Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey & Co., 1853. Early Edition. Half Leather with Marbled Boards. Quarto, pp. 119, illustrated with 64 engraved plates. Some pencil inscriptions and foxing. Hitchcock 132. "Originally published 1830, this was Benjamin's fourth and vastly most popular work. This was the key book in introducing the Greek..... More
