Anonymous, A New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1754 - 1755)
Date
1754
1755
Lexicographer
Book title
A New And Complete Dictionary Of Arts and Sciences; Comprehending All The Branches of Useful Knowledge, With Accurate Descriptions as well of the various Machines, Instruments, Tools, Figures, and Schemes necessary for illustrating them, As Of The Classes, Kinds, Preparations, and Uses of Natural Productions, whether Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, Fossils, or Fluids; Together with The Kingdoms, Provinces, Cities, Towns, and other Remarkable Places throughout the World. Illustrated with above Three Hundred Copper-plates, curiously engraved by Mr. Jefferys, Geographer and Engraver to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. The Whole extracted from the Best Authors in all Languages.
Publication place
London
Publisher
W. Owen
Text type
printed book
Genre
Encyclopedia
Language
headwords: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
Extent
vol. 1-3 (1754), 4 (1755)
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: headword
sample: Common Hunt, the chief huntsman belonging to the lord mayor and aldermen of London.
sample: Common Hunt, the chief huntsman belonging to the lord mayor and aldermen of London.
STC
T138158
Catalog
Tonelli, Giorgio, Eugenio Canone, and Margherita Margherita . A Short-title List of Subject Dictionaries of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. Firenze: L. S. Olschki, 2006.
no. 123
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