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1. Dictionarium polygraphicum: or, The whole body of arts regularly digested ... adorned with proper sculptures, curiously engraven on more than fifty copper plates ...

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Creator:
Barrow, John, fl. 1735–1756
Date:
1735
Physical Description:
2 v. front., fold. plates. 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Rudimentary dictionary of terms used in architecture : civil, architecture, naval, building and construction, early and ecclesiastical art, engineering, civil, engineering, mechanical, fine art, mining, survey, etc., : to which are added explanatory observations on numerous subjects connected with practical art and science / by John Weale.

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Creator:
Weale, John, 1791–1862
Date:
1849-50
Physical Description:
xi, 564 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The Artist's repository, or, Encyclopedia of the fine arts : exhibiting the principles, and explaining the practice in all their various branches ....

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Date:
1813
Physical Description:
4 v. in 8 : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. A general and bibliographical dictionary of the fine arts. Containing explanations of the principal terms used in the arts of painting, sculpture, architecture, and engraving, in all their various branches; historical sketches of the rise and progress of their different schools; descriptive accounts of the best books and treatises on the fine arts; and every useful topic connected therewith. By James Elmes ...

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Creator:
Elmes, James, 1782–1862
Date:
1826
Physical Description:
2 p. l., [vii]-viii, [760] p. 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Dictionnaire iconologique, ou, Introduction à la connoissance des peintures, sculptures, médailles, estampes, &c. : avec des description tirées des poétes anciens & modernes / par M.D.P.

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Creator:
Lacombe de Prézel, Honoré, 1725–
Date:
MDCCLVI [1756]
Physical Description:
xxiv, 307, [4] pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 17 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. A supplement to Dr. Harris's Dictionary of arts and sciences : explaining not only the terms ... but also the arts and sciences themselves ... / by a society of gentlemen.

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Date:
1744
Physical Description:
[2], iii, [1], 4, [976] p., 6 leaves of plates : ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Lexicon technicum, or, An universal English dictionary of arts and sciences : explaining not only the terms of art, but the arts themselves / by John Harris ...

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Creator:
Harris, John, 1667?-1719
Date:
1710-1716
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., port. ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts