A general and bibliographical dictionary of the fine arts

Containing explanations of the principal terms used in the arts of painting, sculpture, architecture, and engraving, in all their various branches; historical sketches of the rise and progress of their different schools; descriptive accounts of the best books and treatises on the fine arts; and every useful topic connected therewith

By James Elmes, M.R.I.A., architect; author of "Lectures on architecture," "The life of Sir Christopher Wren," "An essay on the law of dilapidations," &c. &c.