BIDDLE, OWEN. The Young Carpenter's Assistant; or, a System of Architecture adapted to the Style of Building in the United States. Philadelphia and Albany: Benjamin Johnson [etc.], 1805. 44 engraved plates by Knease, Tanner and Tiebout (nos. 41 and 44 folding). 4to, contemporary sheep, rebacked, covers and corners worn, text leaves browned and with offset from plates, plates cleaned. FIRST EDITION, issue with Albany listed in the imprint. Shaw & Shoemaker 8018; Streeter sale VII, lot 4174 ("...the second distinctly American book on architecture...The first was Asher Benjamin's Country Builder's Assistant."). Ink ownership inscriptions of Daniel Hall, 3 February 1812.