This book is a faithful reprint of a 1774 edition, providing practical guidance for builders and craftsmen. It serves as a comprehensive resource for workmen, offering essential techniques and skills relevant to construction and building practices of the time. The text reflects historical methods and tools, making it valuable for both historical study and practical application in traditional building projects.
This 1774 guidebook for English carpenters was oneof the earliest “do-it-yourself” manuals ever published.Designed for those who could not afford an architect’sservices, the book functioned as a source of constructiontechniques and design details. Employing elementaryarithmetic and geometry, the annotated and meticulouslyrendered engravings depict cross-sections of chimneypieces,ceilings, cornices, and other architectural details.Reprint of the I. Taylor, London, 1774 edition
and workman's general assistant: demonstrating, after the most easy and practical method, all the principal rules of architecture, from the plan to the ornamental finish
Offering a comprehensive guide to architecture, this work serves as a practical manual for builders and craftsmen. It outlines essential rules from planning to decorative finishing, making it accessible for both professionals and enthusiasts. The unchanged reprint of the 1769 edition preserves historical techniques and insights, ensuring that readers can appreciate traditional methods while applying them to modern construction practices.
Pain's British Palladio, or, The builder's general assistant: - Demonstrating in the most easy and practical method, all the principal rules of architecture, from the ground plan to the ornamental finish is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1793. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.