Accession No

5787

Brief Description

book pages and plates, 63 loose printed papers, of which 25 are illustrations, from The New Complete Dictionary of Arts & Sciences. by Revd. Erasmus Middleton, William Turnbull, Thomas Ellis, and John Davison, 1778

Origin

Maker

Middleton, Erasmus Turnbull, William Ellis, Thomas Davison, John

Class

miscellaneous; books

Earliest Date

1778

Latest Date

1778

Inscription Date

Material

paper

Dimensions

(average page) length 355mm; width 220mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Phillips International Auctioneers & Valuers on 07/12/1999.

Inscription

Description Notes

Book pages and plates from: The New Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences; or, an Universal system of useful knowledge ... The theological, philosophical, critical, and poetical branches, by the Rev. Erasmus Middleton ... the medicinal, chemical, and anatomical, by William Turnbull ... the gardening and botanical, by Thomas Ellis ... the mathematical, &c. by John Davison ... and other parts by gentlemen of approved abilities in the respective branches which they have engaged to illustrate. Published by the authors 1778.

A set of loose printed papers. 63 in total, of which 25 are illustrations. Black and white.

Plate III Air Pump
Plate VII Azimuth Compass
Plate VIII Balance
Plate XII Bridge
Plate XIV Camera Obscura
Plate XVI Catacaustick (Curves)
Plate XXI Composite
Plate XXVI Cycloid
Plate XXVII Dial
Plate XXVIII Doric
Plate XXXIII Engine
Plate XXXIV (Steam) Engine
Plate XXXVI Fountain
Plate XXXVII Gerves’s Engine
Plate XXXVIII Glass
Plate XXXIX Glass
Plate L Machine
Plate LI Machine
Plate LVI Masonary
Plate LXIV Plain Table
Plate LXV Polishing
Plate LXVIII Pump
Plate LXXI Rainbow
Plate LXXIV Stoves
Plate LXXV Sublimation
Plate LXXVII Tuscan Order

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