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The builder's companion demonstrating all the principal rules of architecture /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Pain, William, 1730?-1790?
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York City : R.F. Whitehead, 1931.
Series:	Monograph series (New York, N.Y. : 1929) ; v. 17, no. 1-2.
Subjects:	Architecture > Early works to 1800. Carpentry > Early works to 1800. Joinery > Early works to 1800.

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