The city and country purchaser, and builder's dictionary, or, The compleat builder's guide : shewing the qualities, quantities, proportions, and rates or value of all materials relating to building : with the best method of preparing many of them : also the customs, and methods of measuring of all artificers work, concern'd in building : together with the city and country prices ... : likewise the explanation of the terms of art used by most workmen : together with aphorisms, or necessary rules in building ...
A 1726 London builder's reference by Richard Neve, printed for several London booksellers, setting out building materials, measuring customs, prices and trade terms for craftsmen and purchasers. The pictures are small woodcut ornaments: a flowering scroll border with birds, a crowned urn with winged mask heads, and a cherub set among acanthus scrolls and flowers, useful to a designer looking for compact period headpieces and vignettes.
