A London encyclopaedia, or universal dictionary of science, art, literature and practical mechanics : comprising a popular view of the present state of knowledge : illustrated by numerous engravings, a general atlas, and appropriate diagrams
A 22-volume general reference work compiled by Thomas Curtis and published by Thomas Tegg in London in 1829 for British middle-class readers seeking a survey of science, art and practical mechanics. The plates sampled here are engraved music-type specimens from the entries on music and harmony: single staves of round noteheads, beamed quavers, chromatic runs of sharps and flats, and two-stave keyboard examples with time signatures and bar lines, usable as notation texture, ornament bands or period type reference.
