Mar 22, 2007 - Sale 2108

Sale 2108 - Lot 120

Price Realized: $ 780
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
GALLIER, JAMES. The American Builder's General Price Book and Estimator. iv, 128, [2], 72, 18 pages. 8vo, publisher's cloth-backed boards, minor wear and soiling; foxing and browning. New York: Sold by Lafever and Gallier, 1833

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first edition. Includes the prices and weights of various supplies, as well as the laws regulating construction in New York City. Gallier, a noted architect, had recently immigrated to New York from Ireland and had worked with Dakin and Lafever. Shortly after publishing this book, he would move to New Orleans and design classic Greek revivals in that city. Hitchcock 484.