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The Country Builder's Assistant
The original title page of this illustrated 1798 classic was:
THE Country Builder’s Assistant,
FULLY EXPLAINING, THE BEST METHODS FOR STRIKING REGULAR AND QUIRKED MOULDINGS :
For Drawing and Working the Tuscan, DORIC, IONIC and CORINTHIAN ORDERS with their PEDESTALS, BASES, CAPITALS and ENTABLATURES
ARCHITRAVES for DOORS, WINDOWS and CHIMNIES.
CORNICES, BASES & SURBASE MOULDINGS for ROOMS.
CHIMNEY-PIECES, DOORS and SASHES with their MOULDINGS.
The Construction of STAIRS with their RAMP and TWIST RAILS.
PLAN, ELEVATION and SECTION of a MEETING-HOUSE with a PULPIT at LARGE.
PLANS and ELEVATIONS of HOUSES, FENCE POSTS and RAILINGS.
The BEST METHOD of FINDING the LENGTH and BACKING of HIP RAFTERS.
Also,
The TRACING of GROINS, ANGLE BRACKETS, CIRCULAR SOFFITS in CIRCULAR WALLS, &c.
