Barrow, John [Hrsg.]: Dictionarium Polygraphicum: Or, The Whole Body of Arts Regularly Digested: Illustrated with Fifty-six Copper-Plates. In Two Volumes (Band 1) (London, 1758)

The PREFACE.

anfwerable to his mofl elevated Expecta-
tions.

In order ?nore fully to illujlrate the re-
fpe&ive Arts, we have diligently explained
their very Elements, from whence, as a
Foundatio?t, each of them has been traced
to its prefe?it Pe?feclio?t; gradually advan-
cing fro?n one Rule, or Step, to another
that a?i adequate Idea might be conveyed of
every material Circumjla?ice ; and being
confla?itly follicitous to avoid obfcure Con-
cifenefs on the one Hand, or fatiating Pro-
lixity 07t the other.

We have likewife given a fuccinct. Ac-
count of the Materials employed in each
of the Arts under Confederation, with am-
ple Dire&ions for their particular Appli-
cation ; nor are they o?tly reprefented in
their 7iatural State, but attended through
every Operatio?i preparatory to the Forms
in which they are exhibited in the Shops ;
and Methods are aljo laid down, to diflin-
guifj the pure andge72ui?te from fuch as are
adulterated or factitious.

And, as it was our Defg?t to intermix
Pleafure with profitable Inftructions, in
order to gratify the Fancy, as well as i?n-

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