The Country Builder’s Assistant, fully explaining, the best methods for Striking Regular and Quirked mouldings: . Correctly engraved on thirty-seven copperplates with a printed explanation to each

Editorial: Spotswood and Etheridge, Boston, 1798

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(7 11/16 x 5 5/8 inches). [A]4 B-D4 E2. [36] pp. 37 engraved plates (two folding). Complete. No explanatory text for plates 9-10, 17-18, and 29-33 was issued. Sheep, spine ruled and lettered gilt, neat repairs to spine with cloth chemise and modern morocco backed box The first original American book of architecture: second edition, after the exceedingly rare Greenfield first edition printed the previous year. A fine example without the usual paper discolouration. An essential cornerstone of American Architectural books. Earlier architectural works printed in the United States were simply compilations or reprintings of British material (e.g. John Norman's Town and Country Builder's Assistant of 1786). Benjamin's work is a classic and important American architectural treatise, by the man who was most responsible for disseminating late colonial details throughout New England, beautifully illustrated with engravings of colonial buildings, elevations of churches and homes, ornaments, cornices, etc., reflecting the influences of the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders. "[T]here is scarcely a village which in moulding profiles, cornice details, church spire, or farm-house does not reflect his influence" (DAB). "The career of our first American architectural writer, Asher Benjamin (1773-1845), covered several decades of the early nineteenth century. Both the books he wrote and the buildings he designed had an influence on building in New England that is still visible. He probably will be best remembered for his popularization of the federal style through his early books (and the Greek revival in his later ones)" (Thompson). Although the title states that each plate would include a textual description, there was no text issued for plates 9-10, 17-18, and 29-33; the work is complete with 18 unnumbered leaves of text (including the title) and 37 engraved plates. Rink 2484; Evans 33399; Hitchcock 112; Rink 2484; ESTC W30559; Neville Thompson, "Tools of Persuasion: The American Architectural Book of the Nineteenth Century" in The American Illustrated Book in the Nineteenth Century (1987), p.142. …

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The Country Builder’s Assistant, fully explaining, the best methods for Striking Regular and Quirked mouldings: . Correctly engraved on thirty-seven copperplates with a printed explanation to each
Autor
BENJAMIN, Asher (1773-1845)
Editorial
Spotswood and Etheridge, Boston
Año de publicación
1798
Encuadernación
4to
Catálogos de vendedores
Americana & Canadiana, Colour-Plate & Illustrated, Miscellany

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Donald A. Heald Rare Books offers the finest examples of antiquarian books and prints in the areas of Botany, Ornithology, Natural History, Americana & Canadiana, Native Americans, Voyages & Travels, Maps & Atlases, Photography and more. Founded in England in 1972, we have formed and contributed to important private and institutional collections. Items of note which we have placed include a unique copy of Abbot’s "Natural History of the Rarer Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia" with plates on vellum, an extremely rare extra-illustrated large paper Spanish edition of Blaeu’s "Atlas Mayor," Curtis's "North American Indian," a copy of the Federalist Papers in boards, the first separate printing of the Bill of Rights, and a large paper issue of Redouté's "Les Roses" with the plates in two states. We are renowned for our extensive print inventory which is unsurpassed in quality. Our Sporting collection recently incorporated the complete print stock of Ackermann & Son of London, established in 1783. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, where Mr. Heald has served on the Board of Governors as Treasurer, Security Chairperson, and as Chairman of the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair. We are members of the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, and the American Historical Print Collectors Society. Mr. Heald is a member of the Grolier Club, and the American Antiquarian Society.…

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