BENJAMIN, ASHER. 1773-1845.
The Country Builder's Assistant: Fully Explaining the Best Methods for Striking Regular and Quirked Mouldings.... Boston: Spotswood and Etheridge, 1798.
4to (193 x 147 mm). 37 engraved plates (2 folding). Contemporary calf gilt. Scuffed, top joint cracking, library stamp perforating one plate, library plates on endpapers.
Provenance: The City Library of Springfield, Massachusetts (bookplate).
SECOND EDITION, published one year after the first, but containing 7 more plates. Rarely seen complete. Evans 31797.