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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1646
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Scenographie, n. (17th c. Eng. scenographie (1645) the representation of a building or other object in perspective, F. scénographie (1545 in Larousse), L. scēnographia, f. the Gk.) —1646 J. Hope Diary (1958) 186.
It is one of the best contryved litle houses … whereof I have drawen the scenographie so neere as I could
