The builder's dictionary, or, Gentleman and architect's companion : explaining not only the terms of art in all the several parts of architecture, but also containing the theory and practice of the various branches thereof ... : also necessary problems in arithmetic, geometry, mechanics, perspective, hydraulics, and other mathematical sciences : together with the quantities proportions, and prices of all kinds of materials used in building ...
A two-volume alphabetical dictionary of building terms, theory, and prices, engraved by William Henry Toms after John Devoto and printed in London in 1734 for builders, surveyors, and gentleman architects. The plates here are small letterpress-set geometry figures: lettered triangles, arcs, concentric circles, and rotating squares in fine line, with dotted construction lines, usable as diagram marks, endpapers, or technical ornament.
