Architect Practical House Carpenter Being by Benjamin Asher (1 results)

Hardcover. 4to. pp. viii, [9]-119. 64 engraved plates. contemporary mottled sheep (rubbed, front joint cracked, some foxing, library blindstamp on title, stain to lower outer corner of first half of text, pencil notes on endpapers). ownership entry & rubberstamp of Samuel Hitchcock. Sixth Edition. An important work in the popularization of the Greek Revival in America. As an architect, Benjamin is credited with the design of the Carew House, Springfield, the Hollister House, Greenfield, the West Church, Boston, the First Congregational Church, Bennington, Vt., &c. Hitchcock 122. …