Search Results: lexicon technicum or an universal english by harris john

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London: printed for J. Walthoe, Mess. Knapton, D. Midwinter, A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, [et al.], 1736. Last and best edition, and the first time both volumes were published together, constituting the fifth edition of the first volume and the third edition of the second volume; 2 volumes, folio, lexicon in double column, engraved frontispiece portrait in volume I (but not repeated in volume II as in some copies), title pages printed in red and black, 20 (of 22) engraved plates (9 folding), one engraved plate ("characters chymical") on 2Q1 in the first volume, and another engraving ("scenography in perspective") on a leaf signed 6E2 (in fact, a singleton leaf inserted between 6E1 and [6E2]) in the second volume; numerous woodcut illustrations, diagrams, tables, and figures in the text; leaf 3D1 in the first volume with temoine at lower corner; full contemporary calf, red morocco label on gilt-paneled spine; minor defects, but in all a very good, sound copy. The missing plates are that of the… Read More

Engraved frontis. port. of Harris, 14 engraved plates (some folding, one with a short tear without loss) & numerous woodcut illus. in the text. Title in red & black. [463] leaves; [386] leaves. Two vols. Folio, cont. panelled calf (extremities a little worn, some browning as is usual with this book), red morocco lettering pieces on spines (Vol. I label recent & sympathetically done). London: 1704-10. First edition of the first technical encyclopedia in any language and a landmark in the history of technology. "This was the first general scientific encyclopedia, and for it Harris drew upon some of the greatest authorities of the day. In physics, astronomy, and mathematics he turned to Newton; in botany he consulted John Ray and Joseph Tournefort; in other areas he drew upon Halley, Robert Boyle, Nehemiah Grew, John Woodward, John Wilkins, William Derham, and John Collins."-D.S.B., VI, pp. 129-30. "John Harris, clergyman, mathematician, and (from 1709) secretary… Read More