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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19574#0007
Di&ionarium Polygraphicum:
Or, The Whole
BODY of ARTS
Regularly Digefted.
CONTAINING,
I. The ARTS of Defigning, Drawing, Painting, Wafhing
Prints, Limning, Japanning, Gilding: Alfo Perfpeftive, the Laws of
Shadows, Dialling, &c.
II. Carving, Cutting in Wood, Stone ; Moulding and Catting Figures
in Plaifter, Wax, Metal; Engraving, Etching, and Mezzotinto.
III. An hiftorical Account of the moil: conhderable Painters, Sculptors,.
Statuaries, and Engravers; with thofe Cyphers or Marks by which
their Works are difh'nguifhed.
TV. An Explanation of the Emblematical and Hieroglyphical Repre-
fentations of the Heathen Deities, Powers, Human Paffions, Virtues,
Vices, &c. of great Ufe in Hiftory-Painting.
V. The Production, Nature, Refining, Compounding, Tranfmutation
and Tinging all Sorts of Metals and Minerals of various Colours.
VI. The Arts of Making, Painting or Staining all Sorts of Glafs
and Marble; Enamelling; Methods of imitating Precious Stones,
Pearls, &c.
VII. Dying all Sorts of Materials, Linen, Woollen, Silk, Leather,
Wood, Ivory, Horns, Bones; alfo Bleaching and Whitening Linen,
Hair, &c.
VIII. The Art of Tapeftry-Weaving, as now performed in Eng-
land, Flanders, and France, either of the high or low Warp; and
many other curious Manufactures.
JX. A Defcription of Colours, Natural and Artificial; their Productions,
Natures or Qualities, various Preparations, Compofitions, and Ufes,
X. The whole Art of Pyrotechny, or Fire-Works; and the Chinefe
Method of making Porcelain: Together with a great Variety of
other curious Particulars not here enumerated.
Illuftrated with Fifty-fix Copper-Plates.
The Second Edition, Corrected and Improved.
In Two Volumes.
LONDON:
Printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes, in Pater-nofter-Row;
J. Hinton, in Newgate-Street; and L. Davis and C. Reymers,
againft GrayYInn, Holborn. M.DCC.LVIII.
Or, The Whole
BODY of ARTS
Regularly Digefted.
CONTAINING,
I. The ARTS of Defigning, Drawing, Painting, Wafhing
Prints, Limning, Japanning, Gilding: Alfo Perfpeftive, the Laws of
Shadows, Dialling, &c.
II. Carving, Cutting in Wood, Stone ; Moulding and Catting Figures
in Plaifter, Wax, Metal; Engraving, Etching, and Mezzotinto.
III. An hiftorical Account of the moil: conhderable Painters, Sculptors,.
Statuaries, and Engravers; with thofe Cyphers or Marks by which
their Works are difh'nguifhed.
TV. An Explanation of the Emblematical and Hieroglyphical Repre-
fentations of the Heathen Deities, Powers, Human Paffions, Virtues,
Vices, &c. of great Ufe in Hiftory-Painting.
V. The Production, Nature, Refining, Compounding, Tranfmutation
and Tinging all Sorts of Metals and Minerals of various Colours.
VI. The Arts of Making, Painting or Staining all Sorts of Glafs
and Marble; Enamelling; Methods of imitating Precious Stones,
Pearls, &c.
VII. Dying all Sorts of Materials, Linen, Woollen, Silk, Leather,
Wood, Ivory, Horns, Bones; alfo Bleaching and Whitening Linen,
Hair, &c.
VIII. The Art of Tapeftry-Weaving, as now performed in Eng-
land, Flanders, and France, either of the high or low Warp; and
many other curious Manufactures.
JX. A Defcription of Colours, Natural and Artificial; their Productions,
Natures or Qualities, various Preparations, Compofitions, and Ufes,
X. The whole Art of Pyrotechny, or Fire-Works; and the Chinefe
Method of making Porcelain: Together with a great Variety of
other curious Particulars not here enumerated.
Illuftrated with Fifty-fix Copper-Plates.
The Second Edition, Corrected and Improved.
In Two Volumes.
LONDON:
Printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes, in Pater-nofter-Row;
J. Hinton, in Newgate-Street; and L. Davis and C. Reymers,
againft GrayYInn, Holborn. M.DCC.LVIII.