Lexicon technicum: or, An universal English dictionary of arts and sciences: explaining not only the terms of art, but the arts themselves. Vol. I. By John Harris, D.D. and F.R.S. The fourth edition.
John Harris (1667-1719)
Category
Books
Date
1725
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3048935
Summary
Bibliographic description
v. 1 ([898] p., [14] leaves of plates (7 folded)) : ill., port. ; fol. Running number: 7868. Shelved and uniform with vol. 2 of the second edition (1723). Contains [7] leaves of plates (2 folded). With a couple of simple equations (prices?) in manuscript on rear fly-leaf. Binding: eighteenth-century Cambridge-style blind-panelled sprinkled and plain calf; sewn onto six sewing supports; six raised bands; blind roll pattern along board edges; gilt title and vol. number on brown leather label on spine, otherwise spine is plain; red sprinkled textblock edges.
Makers and roles
John Harris (1667-1719), author Bernard Lens III (London 1681 – Knightsbridge 1740), artist John Sturt (1658-1730), engraver (printmaker) George White (c.1684 - London 1732), engraver (printmaker) Robert White (London 1645 - London 1703), artist