A General display of the arts and Sciences
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Date
1783-1793Description
Print used as the frontispiece for Royal Encyclopaedia, compiled by George Selby Howard in 1788. A balloon flies above a Greek architectural square where are gathered a large group of men, buildings, inventions and discoveries significant to the history of Western science, art and philosophy. For more information about this item, visit https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/525
Subject
Frontispiece, Plato, Skeleton, Musical instruments, Globes, Mathematics, Library buildings, Crowds, Architecture -- Greece, Science and the arts, Art -- Study and teaching, Science -- Study and teaching