(ARCHITECTURE) Pain William The Practical Builder or Workman

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(ARCHITECTURE.) Pain, William. The Practical Builder, or Workman's General Assistant. 83 engraved plates of mouldings, entablature, pediments, ornaments, and more. 4to, contemporary calf, defective, needs rebinding; scattered mostly marginal soiling and light occasional marginal dampstaining, a few pencil sketches and notations on blank pages. London, 1774

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first edition of one of the major 18th-century architectural pattern books, which went through at least five American editions and eight London editions. This and Pain's other works served as design sources not only for architects and builders but also for cabinet makers and carvers. Harris 640.