Skip to splash images
Yale Center for British Art Home Page
<< YCBA Home
Yale Center for British Art
Yale Center for British Art
<< YCBA Home
Welcome to YCBA Collections Online
The museum is closed for building conservation. We regret that we are unable to accept orders for new collections photography until January 2025.
    Search Options:
Search in
Simple Search
All Fields
Title
Creator
Subject Terms
Call Number
Search Provenance
Fielded
search for
Search
YCBA Collections Search
Toggle facets
Refine your search
Collection
Rare Books and Manuscripts
34
Creator
Salmon, William, approximately 1703–1779
7
Pain, William, 1730?-1790?
4
Neve, Richard
3
Langley, Batty, 1696–1751
2
Morris, Robert, 1701–1754
2
Skaife, Thomas
2
Gerbier, Balthazar, Sir, 1592?-1667
1
Halfpenny, William, d. 1755
1
Hodgson, Ph. Levi
1
Leadbeater, J
1
Loriot, Antoine-Joseph, 1716–1782
1
Nicholson, Peter, 1765–1844
1
Oakley, Edward, active 18th century
1
Price, Francis, d. 1753
1
Roman, Edward
1
Scamozzi, Vincenzo, 1552–1616
1
Smith, James, writer on carpentry
1
Date
Date range begin
–
Date range end
Current results range from
1663
to
1799
On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
34
Image Use
Under Certain Circumstances
33
Free to Use
1
Image Available
Unavailable
33
Available
1
Classification
Books
34
Creator Gender
unknown
34
Period
18th century
32
17th century
2
Work Type
wood engraving
4
engraving
3
armorial bookplate
1
booksellers' advertisement
1
pattern book
1
publishers advertisement
1
publishers' advertisement
1
Subject Terms
Building -- Early works to 1800.
[remove]
34
Architecture -- Early works to 1800.
19
Carpentry -- Early works to 1800.
7
Architecture -- Dictionaries -- Early works to 1800.
6
Building materials -- Prices -- Early works to 1800.
6
Building -- Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc. -- Early works to 1800.
5
Building -- Estimates -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.
4
Hodges, J. -- Publisher.
4
Architecture -- Details -- Early works to 1800.
3
Architecture, Domestic -- Designs and plans -- Early works to 1800.
3
Building -- Dictionaries -- Early works to 1800.
3
Taylor, I. -- Publisher.
3
Architecture -- Orders -- Early works to 1800.
2
Arithmetic -- Early works to 1800.
2
Brown, Ed -- Publisher.
2
Engraving -- Specimens -- 1736.
2
Engraving -- Specimens -- 1738.
2
Engraving -- Specimens -- 1793.
2
Engraving -- Specimens -- 1799.
2
Joinery -- Early works to 1800.
2
more
Subject Terms
»
Subject Period
19th century
1
Associated Places
Great Britain
9
Dublin (Ireland)
1
Dundee (Scotland)
1
Edinburgh (Scotland)
1
Associated People
Fisher, W
1
Language
English
[remove]
34
Search Constraints
Start Over
You searched for:
Language
English
Remove constraint Language: English
Subject Terms
Building -- Early works to 1800.
Remove constraint Subject Terms: Building -- Early works to 1800.
1
-
34
of
34
Sort by collection
collection
relevance
artist (A-Z)
date
title (A-Z)
Number of results to display per page
100 per page
100
per page
50
per page
15
per page
View results as:
List
Masonry
Search Results
1
Pain, William, 1730?-1790?
The builder's companion, and workman's general assistant
MDCCLVIII [1758]
2
Pain, William, 1730?-1790?
The practical builder, or, Workman's general assistant
MDCCLXXIV [1774]
3
The rudiments of architecture, or, The young workman's instructor
1775
4
Nicholson, Peter, 1765–1844
The carpenter's new guide
1793
5
Salmon, William, approximately 1703–1779
The country builder's estimator, or, The architect's companion for estimating of new buildings ... : to which is added several new tables ...
1755
6
Roman, Edward
The gentleman's and builder's director, or, A key that openth to your sight at once, brick work ...
1734
7
Morris, Robert, 1701–1754
Second letter to the Right Honourable the Earl of ******
1752
8
Pain, William, 1730?-1790?
The practical house carpenter : or, Youth's instructor
1799
9
Halfpenny, William, d. 1755
The art of sound building, demonstrated in geometrical problems
MDCCXXV [1725]
10
Salmon, William, approximately 1703–1779
Palladio Londinensis, or, The London art of building
1738
11
The rudiments of architecture, or, the young workman's instructor
1773
12
Salmon, William, approximately 1703–1779
The London and country builder's vade mecum, or, The compleat [sic] and universal estimator
1760
13
Neve, Richard
The city and country purchaser's and builder's dictionary, or, The complete builder's guide
1736
14
Price, Francis, d. 1753
The British carpenter, or, a treatise on carpentry : containing the most concise and authentick rules of that art ...
1768
15
Gerbier, Balthazar, Sir, 1592?-1667
Counsel and advise to all builders
1663
16
Langley, Batty, 1696–1751
The builder's compleat assistant, or, a Library of arts and sciences absolutely necessary to be understood by builders and workmen in general ...
1738
17
Oakley, Edward, active 18th century
Every man a compleat builder, or, Easy rules and proportions for drawing and working the several parts of architecture ...
1774
18
Salmon, William, approximately 1703–1779
The London and country builder's vade mecum, or, The compleat and universal architect's assistant
1748
19
The rudiments of architecture, or, The young workman's instructor ...
1799
20
Smith, James, writer on carpentry
The carpenters companion
1733
21
Salmon, William, approximately 1703–1779
The builder's guide and gentleman and trader's assistant, or, A universal magazine of tables
1736
22
Scamozzi, Vincenzo, 1552–1616
The mirror of architecture, or, The ground-rules of the art of building
1676
23
Hodgson, Ph. Levi
The modern, complete measurer,
1788
24
Neve, Richard
The city and countrey [sic] purchaser, and builder's dictionary, or, The compleat builder's guide ...
1703
25
Skaife, Thomas
A key to civil architecture, or, The universal British builder
1776
26
Neve, Richard
The city and country purchaser, and Builder's dictionary, or, The compleat builders guide ...
1726
27
Skaife, Thomas
A key to civil architecture;
1774
28
Salmon, William, approximately 1703–1779
The London and country builder's vade mecum, or, The compleat and universal estimator
1755
29
Langley, Batty, 1696–1751
The principles of ancient masonry, or, A general system of building compleated
1733
30
Leadbeater, J
The gentleman and tradesman's compleat assistant;
1768
31
Loriot, Antoine-Joseph, 1716–1782
A practical essay on a cement and artificial stone
1776
32
Pain, William, 1730?-1790?
The builder's sketch book, or, The youth's pocket companion
1793
33
Salmon, William, approximately 1703–1779
The London and country builder's vade mecum, or, The compleat and universal architect's assistant
1745
34
Morris, Robert, 1701–1754
The qualifications and duty of a surveyor explained in a letter to the right honourable the Earl of ******
1752