The practical house carpenter; or, youth's instructor: containing a great variety of useful designs in carpentry and architecture; As Centring for Groins, Niches, &c. Examples for Roofs, Sky-Lights, &c. The Five Orders laid down by a new Scale. Mouldings, &c. at large, with their Enrichments. Plans, Elevations, and Sections of Houses for Town and Country, Lodges, Hot-Houses, Green-Houses, Stables, &c. Design for a Church, with Plan, Elevation, and Two Sections; an Altar-Piece, and Pulpit. Designs for Chimney-Pieces, Shop-Fronts, Door-Cases. Section of a Dining-Room and Library. Variety of Stair-Cases: with many other important Articles and useful Embellishments. To which is added, A list of prices for materials and labour, labour only, and day prices. The whole illustrated, and made perfectly easy, by 148 copper-plates, with Explanations to each. By William Pain, Author of the Practical Builder, and British Palladio

People / Organizations

• William Pain (Author)

Imprint

London : printed for J. Taylor, at the Architectural Library, No. 59, High Holborn, 1799. The sixth edition, corrected.; ..

Publication year

1799

ESTC No.

T93534

Grub Street ID

313210

Description

v,[31];24p.,plates(some fold.) ; 4°.

Note

'A list of prices, for materials and labour, and labour only, .. By William Pain .. 1799' has its own pagination and register

Plates numbered to 146, but are complete

The plates where dated are either 1789 or 1791

Vertical chainlines.