Charles F. Mitchell 
Forty Plates on Building Construction [PDF ebook] 
A Textbook on the Principles and Details of Modern Construction First Stage (Or Elementary Course)

Originally published in 1891, this volume was a companion volume to the Elementary and Advanced volumes of Building Construction and Drawing. The exquisite technical drawings give a technical level of detail which is invaluable for the study of late 19th Century construction methods and materials and cover brickwork and masonry, carpentry, joinery, plumbing, roof and iron work.