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Author Minard Lafever American
Plates 28-30 by Cephas Grier Childs American
Publisher W. Tuttle & Co. American
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Title: The Young Builder's General Instructor, the Whole Exemplified on sixty-six elegant copperplate engravings
Author:
Minard Lafever (American, 1798–1854)
Artist:
Plates 28-30 by Cephas Grier Childs (American, Plumstead Township, Pennsylvania 1793–1871 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Publisher:
W. Tuttle & Co. (Newark, New Jersey)
Date: 1829
Medium: Illustrations: etching and engraving
Dimensions: 11 × 8 7/8 × 1 1/8 in. (28 × 22.5 × 2.8 cm)
Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Museum Accession, transferred from the Library
Object Number: 1972.638.6
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