Crabb- Universal Technological Dictionary 2 banden gravures

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Crabb, G.- Universal Technological Dictionary or Familiar Explanation of the Terms used in all Arts and Sciences . London, Baldwin, Cradoc And Joy, 1823.

The beautifully engraved plates depict a wide variety of subjects, for example plates of Oriental and Greek alphabets, anatomy, architecture, astronomy, botany, coins, entomology, fortifications, heraldry, militia, music, ornithology, pneumatics, printing, ship-building, &c. . The author, George Crabb (1778-1851), was a lawyer who produced a number of encyclopaedic works of reference, including the world's oldest synonymy, Dictionary of English Synonymes (1816).

In 2 Quarto-formaat halfleren banden (26,8 x 20,5 cm).

With 60 engraved plates, further illustrations in the text.
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