The Practical Builder This unique collection features 35

This unique collection features 35 paper dolls of famous authors

Each example is introduced with a cue ("White to play and win") and includes the composer's name

Featured buildings include those designed by Inigo Jones

and another on a concerto by Benedetto Marcello

The Practical Builder This unique collection features 35This 1774 guidebook for English carpenters was one of the earliest "do it yourself" manuals ever published. The builders' manuals and pattern books of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries offered carpenters and other construction workers important resources for designs and techniques. Those unable to afford an architect's services could feel confident in the good taste of their residence by selecting designs from a pattern book. Employing