The Country Builder's Assistant: Containing a Collection of New Designs of Carpentry and Architecture

by Asher Benjamin

$19,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

First edition

Contemporary calf, flat spine ruled in gilt. Old repair to spine. In modern red morocco backed slipcase and folding chemise. The first edition of the earliest book of architecture written by an American and printed in the United States: a legendary rarity, a landmark work, and a cornerstone of any collection on American arts. There is scarcely a village which in moulding profiles, cornice details, church spire, or farm-house does not reflect his influence DAB .

• Binding: Leather

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