The Builder's Golden Rule, or the Youth's Sure Guide; Containing the Greatest Variety of Ornamental and Useful Designs in Architecture and Carpentry..to which is added, A List of Prices for Materials and Labour, and Labour only...
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- Title: The Builder's Golden Rule, or the Youth's Sure Guide; Containing the Greatest Variety of Ornamental and Useful Designs in Architecture and Carpentry..to which is added, A List of Prices for Materials and Labour, and Labour only...
- Author: William Pain (British, ca. 1730–1794?)
- Printer: Printed for and sold by the author...by H. D. Steel (London)
- Date: 1787
- Medium: Illustrations: etching and engraving
- Dimensions: 8 1/4 × 5 3/8 × 1 in. (21 × 13.6 × 2.6 cm)
- Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1952
- Object Number: 52.519.16
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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