The country builder's assistant : --containing-- a collection of new designs of carpentry and architecture; which will be particularly useful, to country workmen in general. : Illustrated with new and useful designs ... Correctly engraved on thirty copper plates with a printed explanation to each

The country builder's assistant : --containing-- a collection of new designs of carpentry and architecture; which will be particularly useful, to country workmen in general. : Illustrated with new and useful designs ... Correctly engraved on thirty copper plates with a printed explanation to each. / By Asher Benjamin.

Author/creator	Benjamin, Asher, 1773-1845
Other author/creator	Benjamin, Asher, 1773-1845, illustrator.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Printed at Greenfield, (Massachusetts) : By Thomas Dickman, M,DCC,XCVII. [1797]
Description	30 unnumbered pages, 30 leaves of plates (2 folded) : illustrations ; 20 cm (8vo)
Supplemental Content	Evans Digital Edition
Subject(s)	Architecture--Designs and plans. Building--Details --Drawings. Carpentry.

Series	Early American imprints. First series ; no. 31797. ^A478749
General note	"This is the earliest original American work on architecture"--Hitchcock.
General note	Plates drawn by Asher Benjamin. There is no explanatory text for plates 25-27.
References	Evans 31797
References	Hitchcock, H.R. Amer. architectural books, 111
Other forms	Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction note	Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 31797).

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	Electronic Resources	Access Content Online	✔ Available