The practical house carpenter; or, The youth's instructor. Containing a great variety of mouldings at large for practice, with their proper embellishments, two designs for gentlemen's houses, with their plans, elevations, and sections; likewise, a great variety of stair-case work, laid down to a very large scale for practice. To which is added, a treatise on gothic architecture, with columns, entablatures, frontispieces, chimney pieces, shop fronts, cielings, &c. A plan and elevation of a gothic temple, and a plan and elevation of a gentleman's house in the gothic taste. All laid down in a plain and practical manner for practice. Engraved on thirty-four folio copper plates. By William Pain, author of the Golden Rule and British Palladio

People / Organizations

• William Pain (Author)

Imprint

London : printed for, and sold by the author, No. 12, Fisher Street, Red-Lion Square, Holborn, M.DCC.LXXXVIII. [1788] The second edition, with additions.; ..

Added name

Pain, James, engraver.

Publication year

1788

ESTC No.

N72317

Grub Street ID

52103

Description

8, [8], 30, [3] p., [41] plates ; 4°.

Note

After imprint: Price seven shillings and six pence bound, or six shillings in sheets

Despite the edition statement, this is the first known edition with this title.

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