The Country Builder's Assistant

The Country Builder's Assistant

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