The Encyclopaedic Dictionary in the Eighteenth Century: Architecture, Arts and Crafts: v. 1: John Harris and the Lexicon Technicum

The Encyclopaedic Dictionary in the Eighteenth Century: Architecture, Arts and Crafts: v. 1: John Harris and the Lexicon Technicum
Author: Terence M. Russell
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2018-11-08
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0429787251

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First published in 1997, this volume examines two of Sir Francis Bacon’s civil essays, Sir Henry Wotton’s The Elements of Architecture and John Harris’ Lexicon Technicum parts I and II.

The Encyclopaedic Dictionary in the Eighteenth Century

The Encyclopaedic Dictionary in the Eighteenth Century
Author: Terence M. Russell
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2020-02-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9781138351639

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First published in 1997, this volume examines two of Sir Francis Bacon's civil essays, Sir Henry Wotton's The Elements of Architecture and John Harris' Lexicon Technicum parts I and II.

The encyclopaedic dictionary in the eighteenth century : architecture, arts and crafts. 1. John Harris Lexicon Technicum : incorporating works of Sir Francis Bacon and Sir Henry Wotton

The encyclopaedic dictionary in the eighteenth century : architecture, arts and crafts. 1. John Harris Lexicon Technicum : incorporating works of Sir Francis Bacon and Sir Henry Wotton
Author: Terence M. Russell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 226
Release: 1997
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781859280621

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This volume opens with the reproduction of some of the most significant 17th-century writings on architecture; Francis Bacon’s 2 essays ‘Of Building’ and ‘Of Gardens’ (1597-1625) and Sir Henry Wotton’s treatise ‘The Elements of Architecture’ (1623). These writings provide a useful introduction to the manner in which architecture and related subjects were viewed in the following century. The second part of this study details the compilation of John Harris’s Lexicon Technicum. Born in 1666, Harris, a clergyman-scholar, worked largely unaided to produce the first book in English to portray writings on science, technology and allied arts and crafts. The first volume of Lexicon Technicum appeared in 1704 and its use of copious illustrative material was innovative for its time, later influencing Ephraim Chambers’ Cyclopaedia. The second volume of Lexicon Technicum was published as a Supplement to the first in 1710. The c.550 letterpress articles concerned with architectural subjects in Lexicon Technicum are reproduced here, together with the original prefaces. This volume provides invaluable insights into the basis of 18th-century architectural thought, allowing readers to gauge the changes in the representation of architectural ideas in later encyclopaedic dictionaries.

The Encyclopaedic Dictionary in the Eighteenth Century

The Encyclopaedic Dictionary in the Eighteenth Century
Author: Terence M. Russell
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1997
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

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Volume one begins with two essays by Bacon, Of Buildings and Of Gardens . These are followed by an adaptation of Isaac Walton's The Life of Sir Henry Wotton, and Wotton's treatise The Elements of Architecture . The principal theme of this volume is Harris' pioneering lexicon the first book of its k

The Encyclopaedic Dictionary in the Eighteenth Century: A society of gentlemen : Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Encyclopaedic Dictionary in the Eighteenth Century: A society of gentlemen : Encyclopaedia Britannica
Author: Terence M. Russell
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Total Pages: 294
Release: 1997
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

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Of the encyclopaedic dictionaries examined in this series, only the Encyclopaedia Britannica is still published today, having been in print for over 200 years. The first edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica as we know it, was published in Edinburgh in 1771 by Andrew Bell, Colin Macfarquhar and William Smellie, together with 'A Society of Gentlemen'. The original concept for the work was stimulated by the appearance in France between 1751 and 1772 of the Encyclopédie of Diderot and D'Alembert. The Encyclopédie introduced two new concepts which were employed in the Encyclopaedia Britannica: the introduction of 'crafts' in addition to the arts and sciences, and the incorporation of extended articles or Treatises. This volume reproduces over 500 entries on architecture, arts and crafts found in the first edition. These include the full texts of the specialized writings on Architecture, Fortification, Gardening and Perspective.

The Encyclopaedic Dictionary in the Eighteenth Century: Cyclopaedia

The Encyclopaedic Dictionary in the Eighteenth Century: Cyclopaedia
Author: Terence M. Russell
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Total Pages: 454
Release: 1997
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

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Volume two provides letterpress articles extracted from Chambers' Cyclopaedia. The introduction and chapter one trace the publication history of Cyclopaedia and consider its aims, structure, system of arrangement, and general influence. Chambers' flattering Dedication to George II is reproduced along with a substantial portion of his scholarly preface, which presents the principal categories of Chambers' Division of Knowledge in the form of a genealogical tree. His original diagrammatic representation of the division of knowledge is also provided. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The Encyclopaedic Dictionary in the Eighteenth Century: A dictionary of the English language

The Encyclopaedic Dictionary in the Eighteenth Century: A dictionary of the English language
Author: Terence M. Russell
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Total Pages: 262
Release: 1997
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

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The first three chapters describe Johnson's pre-dictionary life, the creation of the dictionary (including citations from Johnson's original Plan), and his treatment of architectural subjects. Following his original preface, letterpress articles portray architectural subjects using quotations to illustrate words and meanings. Such rich, linguistic illustration was unknown to philology before the work of "the harmless drudge." The original title pages of volume one and two are included. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Lexicon Technicum

Lexicon Technicum
Author: John Harris
Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
Total Pages: 914
Release: 2018-04-23
Genre:
ISBN: 9781385311684

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ Cambridge University Library N034178 Titlepage in red and black. Last leaf = 5T4. London: printed for Dan. Browne, Tim. Goodwin, John Walthoe, John Nicholson, Ben. Tooke, Dan. Midwinter, and Tho. Ward, 1716. v.1 ([892]p.), plates; 2�

The Builder's Dictionary

The Builder's Dictionary
Author: Terence M. Russel
Publisher:
Total Pages: 294
Release: 1997
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781859284094

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The Encyclopaedic Dictionary in the Eighteenth Century: A society of gentlemen : Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Encyclopaedic Dictionary in the Eighteenth Century: A society of gentlemen : Encyclopaedia Britannica
Author: Terence M. Russell
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Total Pages: 294
Release: 1997
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

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Of the encyclopaedic dictionaries examined in this series, only the Encyclopaedia Britannica is still published today, having been in print for over 200 years. The first edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica as we know it, was published in Edinburgh in 1771 by Andrew Bell, Colin Macfarquhar and William Smellie, together with 'A Society of Gentlemen'. The original concept for the work was stimulated by the appearance in France between 1751 and 1772 of the Encyclopédie of Diderot and D'Alembert. The Encyclopédie introduced two new concepts which were employed in the Encyclopaedia Britannica: the introduction of 'crafts' in addition to the arts and sciences, and the incorporation of extended articles or Treatises. This volume reproduces over 500 entries on architecture, arts and crafts found in the first edition. These include the full texts of the specialized writings on Architecture, Fortification, Gardening and Perspective.