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 · No longer available

First edition

Contemporary sheep, flat spine ruled gilt, morocco lettering piece A fine copy of 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 . Earlier architectural works printed in the

• Binding: Leather

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