The Rudiments of Architecture: Being a Treatise on Practical Geometry, on Grecian and Roman Mouldings ... Also, on the Origin of Building, on the Five Orders of Architecture ...
by BENJAMIN, Asher
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Boston: Printed for the author by Munroe and Francis, 1814. First edition. 8vo. 32 engraved plates (1 double-page) by H.W. Snyder after Benjamin and by Wightman. 96 pp. Modern quarter calf and marbled boards, red morocco spine label; toning and staining throughout, first and last few leaves and plate 1 repaired at fore-margin, small tear to plate 29. The first edition of Asher Benjamin's third book, a course in architecture for the young student or apprentice.PROVENANCE: William Reese (book-label)REFERENCE: Hitchcock 143
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- Title
- The Rudiments of Architecture:
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- BENJAMIN, Asher
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- First edition
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- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed for the author by Munroe and Francis
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1814
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