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William Pain (1730?-1790?)

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Type of entity: Person

Name: William Pain

Date of birth: 1730?

Date of death: 1790?

Source of information: Special Collections

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Bedford Collection A052: The builder's golden rule, or the youth's sure guide: containing the greatest variety of ornamental and useful designs in architecture and carpentry, with the most ready practical methods of executing the same, from the plan to the ornamental finish, in the most prevailing modern taste. The whole correctly engraved, on 104 copper-plates, with a full explanation in letter-press. To which is added, an estimate of prices for materials and labour, and labour only, with reference to the respective designs

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Bedford Collection A053: The practical house carpenter; or, youth's instructor: containing a great variety of useful designs in carpentry and architecture; As Centring for Groins, Niches, &c. Examples for Roofs, Sky-Lights, &c. The Five Orders laid down by a new Scale. Mouldings, &c. at large, with their Enrichments. Plans, Elevations, and Sections of Houses for Town and Country, Lodges, Hot-Houses, Green-Houses, Stables, &c. Design for a Church, with Plan, Elevation, and Two Sections; an Altar-Piece, and Pulpit. Designs for Chimney-Pieces, Shop-Fronts, Door-Cases. Section of a Dining-Room and Library. Variety of Stair-Cases: with many other important Articles and useful Embellishments. To which is added, A list of prices for materials and labour, labour only, and day prices. The whole illustrated, and made perfectly easy, by 148 copper-plates, with Explanations to each. By William Pain, Author of the Practical Builder, and British Palladio

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Bedford Collection A612: The builder's companion, and workman's general assistant; demonstrating, after the most easy and practical method, all the principal rules of architecture, from the plan to the ornamental finish;... The whole correctly engraved on 92 folio copper-plates, ... By William Pain, Architect and Joiner