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DESCRIPTION OF THE FRONTISPIECE ILLUSTRATING 
ARCHITECTURE AND ASTRONOMY. 
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ARCHITECTURE IS REPRESENTED IN A FEMALE FORM, SITTING UPON THE PEDES¬ 
TAL OF A PILLAR, WITH VARIOUS TOOLS AND INSTRUMENTS AROUND HER, CARE¬ 
FULLY INSPECTING THE ACCURACY AND INGENUITY OF A DESIGN WHICH LIES IN 
HER LAP. AT HER SIDE THE FIGURE OF REASON, WITH A HELMET ON HER HEAD, 
PALLAS’S SHIELD IN HER LEFT HAND, AND MERCURY’S CADUCEUS IN HER RIGHT. 
ASTRONOMY IS PERSONIFIED BY A BEAUTIFUL FEMALE AS URANIA, WITH A SILVER 
CRESCENT, CLOTHED IN AN AZURE MANTLE SPANGLED WITH STARS; HER EYES IN¬ 
TENSELY FIXED UPON THE STARRY FIRMAMENT; WITH AN ASTROLABE IN HER 
RIGHT HAND, AND A SCROLL, CONTAINING ASTRONOMICAL FIGURES, IN HER LEFT. 
N o. 697 . 
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