Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Nicholson, Peter, 1765-1844
Title:
An architectural dictionary : containing a correct nomenclature and derivation of the terms of art with a full display of their technical meaning and application, as used by architects, builders, and workmen ... / by Peter Nicholson.
Published / Created:
London : Printed by J. Barfield ..., 1812-1819.
Physical Description:
2 v. (xlvi, 475, [1], 260; [2], 261-913, [1] p., [281] plates) : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Engravings by Cosmo Armstrong, Richard Roffe, Wilson Lowry, J. Taylor, Isaac Taylor, James Davis, George Gladwin and J. Bacon; after Peter Nicholson and M.A. Nicholson.
Subject Terms:
Architecture -- Dictionaries. | Architecture -- Great Britain. | Engineering -- Dictionaries. | Barfield, J. -- Printer.
Form/Genre:
Engravings -- 1812-1819. | Steel engravings -- 1812-1819.
Contributors:
Armstrong, Cosmo, engraver. | Bacon, J., engraver. | Davis, James, engraver. | Gladwin, George, engraver. | Lowry, Wilson, 1762–1824, engraver. | Nicholson, Michael Angelo, d. 1842, ill. | Nicholson, Peter, 1765–1844, ill. | Rivers, engraver. | Roffe, Richard, engraver. | Taylor, Isaac, 1730–1807, engraver. | Taylor, J. (Josiah), engraver.