A new and complete dictionary of arts and sciences [electronic resource] : 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. By a society of gentlemen.
1754
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A new and complete dictionary of arts and sciences [electronic resource] : 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. By a society of gentlemen.
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Society of gentlemen.
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London : printed for W. Owen, at Homer's Head, in Fleet-Street, MDCCLIV. [1754]
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Great Britain -- England -- London.
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English
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4v.(xvi,3538p.),plates ; 8⁰.
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Vol.4 is dated 1755.
A prospectus was issued in 1754.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
A prospectus was issued in 1754.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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Alston, III, 554
English Short Title Catalog, T138158.
English Short Title Catalog, T138158.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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