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. [Epigraph]