The Encyclopaedic Dictionary in the Eighteenth Century : Architecture, Arts and Crafts.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Sir Francis Bacon's Civil Essays -- Introduction -- Of Building -- Of Gardens -- 2 Sir Henry Wotton and The Elements of Architecture -- Sir Henry Wotton: biographical note -- The origins of Wotton's The Elements of Architecture -- The Elements of Architecture -- Part I: The principal themes in Wotton's text -- Part II: The principal themes in Wotton's text -- 3 The Elements of Architecture -- Title Page -- The Preface -- Of The Elements of Architecture: The I part -- The II part -- 4 John Harris and the Lexicon Technicum -- John Harris: biographical note -- The Lexicon Technicum: Volume I -- Dedication -- Subscribers -- The Preface to Volume I -- Architecture in Volume I of the Lexicon Technicum -- The Lexicon Technicum: Volume II (Supplement) -- Building in Volume II of the Lexicon Technicum -- Inventory of the letterpress articles on architectural and allied subjects in the Lexicon Technicum -- Postscript -- 5 Lexicon Technicum: Volume I -- Title Page -- Dedication -- The Preface -- 6 Lexicon Technicum: Volume I -- Architectural subjects portrayed in the letterpress articles -- 7 Lexicon Technicum: Volume II -- Title Page -- Dedication -- The Introduction -- 8 Lexicon Technicum: Volume II -- Architectural subjects portrayed in the letterpress articles -- References -- Index.

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.

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