... The builder's practical director, or Buildings for all classes, enabling every freeholder to be his own surveyor and builder; containing plans, sections and elevations for the erection of cottages, villas, farm buildings, dispensaries, public schools, &c., with detailed estimates, quantities, prices, &c. ...

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... The builder's practical director,, [1850?]

Title(s):: ... The builder's practical director, or Buildings for all classes, enabling every freeholder to be his own surveyor and builder; containing plans, sections and elevations for the erection of cottages, villas, farm buildings, dispensaries, public schools, &c., with detailed estimates, quantities, prices, &c. ...
Published/Created:: Leipzig and Dresden, A.H. Payne; [1850?]
London, J. Hagger [1850?]
Physical Description:: iv, 264, [2] p. illus., 132 (i.e. 134) plates (partly col. incl. plans) diagrs. 28 cm.
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
NA2520 B858+ Oversize
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Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/149982
Classification:: Books
Notes:: BAC : Plates lithographed by A.H. Payne; after T. Smith, S. Brookes, W. Gardner, Gardner & Son, E.L. Tarbuck, and B.F. Isherwood.
BAC : A different edition from that catalogued by Sterling Memorial Library. Many plates differ in detail, and much of the text is in two different settings of type. The British Art Center copy appears to be the earlier edition.
Title within architectural border.
A table for 1849 is given on p. 150.
There are 2 plates numbered 18, and one extra plate between plates 85 and 86.
Subject Terms:: Architecture -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Building -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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