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
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The Encyclopaedic Dictionary in the Eighteenth Century: Architecture, Arts and Crafts: v. 1: John Harris and the Lexicon Technicum by Terence M. Russell Pdf
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 by Terence M. Russell Pdf
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 by Terence M. Russell Pdf
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 by Terence M. Russell Pdf
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: Cyclopaedia by Terence M. Russell Pdf
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
Royal Historical Society Annual Bibliography of British and Irish History by Austin Gee Pdf
The Royal Historical Society's Annual Bibliography of British and Irish History provides a comprehensive and authoritative survey of books and articles published in a single calendar year. It covers all periods of British anbd Irish history from Roman Britain to the end of the twentieth century, and also includes a section on imperial and commonweatlh history. It is the most complete and up-to-date bibliography of its type, and an indispensable tool for historians.
The Encyclopaedic Dictionary in the Eighteenth Century: A dictionary of the English language by Terence M. Russell Pdf
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
The Encyclopaedic Dictionary in the Eighteenth Century: A society of gentlemen : Encyclopaedia Britannica by Terence M. Russell Pdf
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.
A Social History of Knowledge II by Peter Burke Pdf
Peter Burke follows up his magisterial Social History of Knowledge, picking up where the first volume left off around 1750 at the publication of the French Encyclopédie and following the story through to Wikipedia. Like the previous volume, it offers a social history (or a retrospective sociology of knowledge) in the sense that it focuses not on individuals but on groups, institutions, collective practices and general trends. The book is divided into 3 parts. The first argues that activities which appear to be timeless - gathering knowledge, analysing, disseminating and employing it - are in fact time-bound and take different forms in different periods and places. The second part tries to counter the tendency to write a triumphalist history of the 'growth' of knowledge by discussing losses of knowledge and the price of specialization. The third part offers geographical, sociological and chronological overviews, contrasting the experience of centres and peripheries and arguing that each of the main trends of the period - professionalization, secularization, nationalization, democratization, etc, coexisted and interacted with its opposite. As ever, Peter Burke presents a breath-taking range of scholarship in prose of exemplary clarity and accessibility. This highly anticipated second volume will be essential reading across the humanities and social sciences.
