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monografia Rebiun27978437 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun27978437 m o d cr bn||||||abp cr bn||||||ada 140902s1734 enkaf od 000 0 eng d OCLCE eng pn OCLCE ZCU OCLCQ OCLCA OCLCO dlr The Builder's dictionary: or, Gentleman and architect's companion Explaining not only the terms of art in all the several parts of architecture, but also containing the theory and practice of the various branches thereof, requisite to be known by masons, carpenters, joiners, bricklayers, plaisterers, painters, glaziers, smiths, turners, carvers, statuaries, plumbers, &c. : Also necessary problems in arithmetic, geometry, mechanics, perspective, hydraulics, and other mathematical sciences. : Together with the quantities, proportions, and prices of all kinds of materials used in building ; with directions for chusing, preparing, and using them: the several proportions of the five orders of architecture, and all their members, according to Vitruvius, Palladio, Scamozzi, Vignola, M. Le Clerc, &c. : With rules for the valuation of houses, and the expence calculated of erecting and fabrick, great or small. : The whole illustrated with more than two hundred figures, many of them curiously engraven on copper-plates : Being a work of great use, not only to artificers, but likewise to gentlemen, and others, concerned in building, &c. Faithfully digested from the most approved writers on these subjects. ; In two volumes London Printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, at the Red-Lion in Pater-noster Row And S. Austen, at the Angel and Bible in St.-Paul's Church-Yard. M. DCC. XXXIV. [1734] London And S. Austen, at the Angel and Bible in St.-Paul's Church-Yard. London Printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, at the Red-Lion in Pater-noster Row And S. Austen, at the Angel and Bible in St.-Paul's Church-Yard. 1 online resource (2 volumes) illustrations 1 online resource (2 volumes) Text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier "January 11, 1733/4. We have perused these two volumes of the Builder's dictionary, and do think they contain a great deal of useful knowledge in the building business. Nicholas Hawksmoor, John James, James Gibbs."--Verso of title page, v. 1 Vol. 2 has title: The Builder's dictionary: or, Architect's companion. ... containing the theory and practice of the various branches of that useful and noble art requisite to be known by masons ... Being a work of great use, not only to artificers, but likewise to gentlemen, and others, concerned in building, &c. Vol. II Frontispiece in v. 1 signed: I. Devoto inv. Toms sculpt Vol. 1: [494] p., XV, [1] leaves of plates (some folded); v. 2: [508] p., XVI-XXXIII, [1] folded leaves of plates Signatures: v. 1, pi1 a B-2H 2I²; v. 2, pi2 A-2G 2H( -2H8) 2I chi1 (chi1 verso blank) "Directions to the binders, for placing the plates."--V. 1, p. [10]. "Mistakes in directions for placing the cuts, which the binder must correct."--v. 2, p. [507]. Accordingly plate XXIII is correctly included in v. 1. An additional plate, marked *, is included in v. 2 "Errata."--V. 2, p. [507] Booksellers' advertisements, v. 1, p. [493-494], and v. 2, p. [506] Use copy. Restrictions unspecified star. MiAaHDL Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library 2011. MiAaHDL Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Architecture- Dictionaries Architecture. Dictionaries. Intaglio prints. Relief prints. Booksellers' advertisements- London- England. Leather bindings (Binding) Austen, Stephen -1750) bookseller Devoto, John active 1719-1752) illustrator Toms, W. H. William Henry) approximately 1700-1765) engraver A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch (Firm) bookseller Builder's dictionary: or, Architect's companion England - London Print version Builder's dictionary: or, Gentleman and architect's companion. London : Printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, at the Red-Lion in Pater-noster Row ; And S. Austen, at the Angel and Bible in St.-Paul's Church-Yard., M. DCC. XXXIV. [1734] (OCoLC)80821035