A New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences
A New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences is a general dictionary compiled by a group known as the Society of Gentlemen and published in the eighteenth century. The dictionary covers a large range of topics from various levels of mathematics to medicine and even agriculture. The editors utilized a variety of sources including memoirs, essays, transactions, and other dictionaries to compose the entries. In fact, some of the passages may refer to other books and sources of information to provide the reader with greater depth on a topic.[1]
Bibliographic Information
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Title: A New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Comprehending All the Branches of Useful Knowledge ... Illustrated with Above Three Hundred Copper-Plates, Curiously Engraved by Mr. Jefferys ... by a Society of Gentlemen
Publication Info: London: Printed for W. Owen, 1754-1755.
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Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library
Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy
Bound in green half leather with green buckram and spines with title labels, raised bands and gilt decoration. Contains 302 high quality copper engravings. Purchased from ecbooks.
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References
- ↑ 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, Engraved by Mr. Jefferys, Geographer to His Majesty: the Whole Extracted from the Best Authors in All Languages (London: Society of Gentlemen, 1763), iii-xvi.
