The carpenter's assistant : containing a succinct account of Egyptian, Grecian and Roman architecture. Also, a description of the Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian and composite orders; together with specifications, practical rules and tables for carpenters, and a glossary of architectural terms. Embellished with upwards of 200 plates of plans, elevations, details, and practical stair-building
A builder's manual by the architect William Brown with Lewis E. Joy, published in Boston in 1854 for working carpenters, covering the classical orders alongside specifications, tables, and stair-building. The plates are fine outline engravings of elevations, sections, cornice profiles, and joinery details, drawn in thin grey line with light hatched shading, useful as measured ornament and modular framework diagrams.
