Dictionarium polygraphicum or, the whole body of arts regularly digested. Containing, I. The arts of Designing, Drawing, Painting, Washing Prints, Limning, Japanning, Gilding: Also Perspective, the Laws of Shadows, Dialling, &c. II. Carving, Cutting in Wood, Stone; Moulding and Casting Figures in Plaister, Wax, Metal; Engraving, Etching, and Mezzotinto. III. An historical Account of the most considerable Painters, Sculptors, Statuaries, and Engravers; with those Cyphers or Marks by which their Works are distinguished. IV. An Explanation of the Emblematical and Hieroglyphical Representations of the Hcathen Deities, Powers, Human Passions, Virtues, Vices, &c. of great Use in History-Painting. V. The Production, Nature, Refining, Compounding, Transmutation and Tinging all Sorts of Metals and Minerals of various Colours. VI. The Arts of Making, Painting or Staining all Sorts of Glass and Marble; Enamelling; Methods of imitating Precious Stones, Pearls, &c. Vii. Dying all Sorts of Materials, Linen, Woollen, Silk, Leather, Wood, Ivory, Horns, Bones; also Bleaching and Whitening Linen, Hair, &c. Viii. The Art of Tapestry-Weaving, as now performed in England, Flanders, and France, either of the high or low Warp; and many other curious Manufactures. IX. A Description of Colours, Natural and Artificial; their Productions, Natures or Qualities, various Preparations, Compositions, and Uses. X. The whole Art of Pyrotechny, or Fire-Works; and the Chinese Method of making Porcelain: Together with a great Variety of other curious Particulars not here enumerated. Illustrated with fifty-six copper-plates

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Barrow, John
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes, in Pater-Noster-Row; J. Hinton, in Newgate-Street; and L. Davis and C. Reymers, against Gray's-Inn, Holborn 1758, M.DCC.LVIII. [1758]
Edition:	The second edition, corrected and improved
Subjects:	Art / Dictionaries / Early Works To 1800 Art / Early Works To 1800 Industrial Arts / Dictionaries
Online Access:	http://nl.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/0727400101?orig...
Collection:	Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa