ICONOGRAPHIC ENCYCLOPEDIA 
# Bo SCIENCE, LITERATURE, AND ART ; 
posaeet SYSTEMATICALLY ARRANGED BY 
wits FIVE oc te QUARTO sata PLATES, 
Bp the most distinguished Artists of Germa 
THE TEXT TRANSLATED AND EDITED B 
"SPENCER F. BAIRD, AM. _MD., 
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INS 
SECOND EDITION. 
PROSPECTUS. 
Tur Iconocrarnic Encyciormp1a has met with a patronage so liberal that a second issue 
has already becom en necessary, for whieh a seid ee is open 
The splendid work wledge iia h can be illustrated 
by pictorial “pe pee These illustrations are a prac in strictly systematic order, ON 
500 Lance RS Sree. Piares, and are accompanied by letter-press, printed in in the 
, on the-best pa rn in the most convenient form, of a large, handsome octavo. 
. The “steprata 1 fill 2000 pages, and will be a — manual of the sciences 
germs erated below, eet constant references to the figures on the plates. Alphabetical 
indexes and tables of contents will make it practically nahi sal of easy reference. The 
subdivisions of the work are as follows: 
Ri L—Marsematics. Subdiv.: Geometry, Astronomy, Cosmography, . . 15 Plates, 
ee L—Narvra AND MepicaL. Sciences. Subdiv.: Natural Philosophy, 
: Meteorology, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Geology, Botany, Zoology, 
Anatomy, Pistelas, Surgery, . 26 “ 
pa Ill.—Genrrat Grocrarny. eee eS hysical ” Geography (comprising 
te Hydrography, Orography, Bota er and Zoological Geography), 
| Historical Geography (Antiquity, Middle Ages, Modern Times), 
Ee Political Geography (a gen — Atlas and Plans of Cities), 44 “ 
ae IV.—Erunotocy. (Comprising the national costumes and customs athe = 
i parts of the globe), a * 
V.—Munirary Sctenc ~ bey &e. “CHmpiements of wat; fortifications, 
eering, arse oS 
VI.—Navat Scenss (Ship- “building of all ages ; ; details of “vessels, navigation, | " 
s ava arsenals, rangers oH a 32° 
VIL—Arcurecrurs. Subdiv : Archeology, Siyles of “the Anctents, ‘the 
Liddle enaissance, dern Architecture 
‘ (comprising Dwellings, Churehes, sone g fone , &e.), - 
VIIL—Myr anp Rexieious Rires lytheism, Monotheism),. - re 
a a RT ubdiv. : Seulpture ah ages Sewer pest _ 
: ; ithography, Typography Music, Dan e Drama, . .- 
Boe X.—Trc : "Be bdiv Or Public Worl Works (Highways, ae Hydraulic 
o Works) ; ‘Mini ng, Farming, and Commerce (Agricu _— Economy ee 
oe of Forests, Coining and Coins, Weights and Measure: ji ee phos 
F ———_——_- 
Total, . 500 Plates. 
tt having deemed of great importance to unite the possible cheapness with 
beauty ay nosis value, the great ere of resagerng the ar tt has been avoided, 
and a contract made to secure good impressions, taken un er the immediate supervision of 
_ Mr. Heek, = original framer of the work, se eh highly finished German plates; end meen 
w before the sei will prove that they at not have been produced in 
Country at vo than double price for whic h they are now offered. ‘ 
A small proportion of a apt Engravings constituting the whole work (about 50, repre- 
senting Astronomy and Geogra have inscriptions (chiefly astronom ieal and geographical 
names) in the German language, which could not have been altered except at a very great 
4. This eer caetance does, how ever, in no way interfere with the perfect clearness - “ : 
