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Title: The Builder's Guide, Illustrated by Sixty-six engravings, Which Exhibit the Orders of Architecture and Other Elements of the Art
Author:
Asher Benjamin (American, Hartland, Connecticut 1773–1845 Springfield, Massachusetts)
Engraver:
G. W. Boynton (American, 19th century)
Publisher:
Perkins & Marvin (Boston, Massachusetts)
Publisher:
Henry Perkins (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Date: 1839
Medium: Illustrations: engraving
Dimensions: 10 15/16 × 8 15/16 × 1 in. (27.8 × 22.7 × 2.5 cm)
Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1970
Accession Number: 1970.565.108
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