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

$22,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

First edition

1704-10. 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

• Binding: Leather

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