The carpenter's pocket directory : containing the best methods of framing timber buildings of all figures and dimensions, with their several parts, as floors, roofs in ledgment, their lengths and backings; trussed roofs, spires, and domes; trussing-girders, partitions, and bridges, with abutments; centering for arches, vaults, &c. cutting stone ceilings, groins, &c. with their moulds; centers for drawing Gothic arches, ellipses, &c. &c. : With the plan and sections of a barn. : Engraved on twenty-four plates, with explanations, forming the most complete and useful work of the kind yet published. / By William Pain, architect and carpenter, author of The practical builder, The carpenter's and joiner's repository, and The British Palladio.

Author/creator Pain, William
Format Microform
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Published by J.H. Dobelbower and J. Thackara, 1797.
Description32 unnumbered pages, 24 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm (4to)
Subjects

SeriesEarly American imprints. First series ; no. 32627
Early American imprints. First series ; no. 32627. ^A478749
General noteSignatures: [A]² B-H².
References Evans 32627
References Rink, E. Technical Americana, 1756
Reproduction noteJoyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 32627).