Lexicon technicum: or, An universal English dictionary of arts and sciences . explaining not only the terms of art, but the arts themselves. By John Harris, ...
John Harris (1667-1719)
Category
Books
Date
1704
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Castle Ward, County Down
NT 3050140
Summary
Bibliographic description
[924]p.,plates . ill.., port.. . fol... Variant: no colon after "sciences" in title; 2H2 properly signed.. Provenance: manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf: "From Joseph Ray in Skinner Row Apr. 1705". manuscript inscriptions on title page, including: "Jas Brett R.K. 1:8:0".. Binding: Early eighteenth-century Cambridge-style panelled calf binding; gilt roll pattern on board edges; gilt title label on spine. Red sprinkled edges. manuscript fore-edge title: "Harris".
Makers and roles
John Harris (1667-1719)