Elsam, Richard & the Most Eminent Architects:
The Practical Builder's Perpetual Price-Book: for Ascertaining the Correct Average Value of the Different Artificers' Works Employed in Building with Observations on the Customs of Measuring in the Various Parts of the United Kingdom.......;
London, Thomas Kelly, 1842; Revised, Corrected, and Improved to the Present Day ( 1842). Hardback. Good+/ No dj. x, 180pp with numerous illustrations. Half leather boards with 4 raised bands on spine & with gilt title on red leather label, Corners scuffed, edges a little worn. " In Reference to the Act for Establishing Uniformity in Weights and Measures. With an Appendix, Comprehending the Substance of the Building Act; with Information of the Utmost Importance to the Practical Builder, Not only in the Metropolis, but in Every Part of Great Britain and Ireland. A comprehensive price book, with estimates on carpenter work , joinery work, Bricklayers' work, Masonary & much more........"
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Keywords: Weights and Measures, Architects, Architecture, Victorian Building Prices, Carpenters, Industry