The American Builder's Companion; or, a System of Architecture, Particularly Adapted to the Present Style of Building

Name: The American Builder's Companion; or, a System of Architecture, Particularly Adapted to the Present Style of Building
Author: BENJAMIN, Asher [& Daniel RAYNERD]

BENJAMIN, Asher [& Daniel RAYNERD]

Published by R.P. & C. Williams, Boston, 1820

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4to. 61 engraved plates. iv, [5]-104 pp. Contemporary sheep, red morocco spine label; well-worn, upper cover nearly detached, usual foxing and toning, a few crude early paper repairs to margins, closed tears and old repairs to a few plates, dampstain to final few leaves Fourth edition of Asher Benjamin's second book, as revised and corrected for the second edition (1811) and with an additional 2 plates showing the plan and elevation of a church. The American Builders Companion "became the principal source for the Federal style for carpenters across the eastern half of the United States. Technically the plates were far superior to those in [Benjamins first book] The Country Builders Assistant, and the work was much broader in scope, including Roman versions of the five orders but also novel variants of capitals and bases. Plans and elevations included town houses, country houses, a courthouse, and a meetinghouse similar to Benjamins Old West" (ANB).PROVENANCE: Stephen Winter, Portland, 1833 (inscription on rear pastedown and verso of plate 14); gift inscription from S.F. Frances to Mr. Harkness, 31 Dec. 1926, on front pastedown; William Reese (book-label, purchased from DeWolfe and Wood)REFERENCE: Hitchcock 102.

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Title: The American Builder's Companion; or, a System of Architecture, Particularly Adapted to the Present Style of Building
Author: BENJAMIN, Asher [& Daniel RAYNERD]
Publisher: R.P. & C. Williams, Boston
Publication year: 1820
Edition: Fourth edition.
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Bull’s Head Rare Books was established in 2020 by Alex Obercian after more than a dozen years in the New York City book trade. BHRB deals in rare books and manuscripts in all fields, with a specialty in literature, historic bindings, photography, music, science and medicine and country life pursuits — gardening, farming, landscape design, and animal husbandry. Member ABAA and ILAB.

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