The encyclopædia Britannica . a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literature.
Thomas Spencer Baynes
Category
Books
Date
1875 - 1889
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3043980
Summary
Bibliographic description
25 v., plates : ill., maps : 4to. Loosely inserted in v. 14, 19 and 24 are newspaper reviews of the encyclopaedia (Times, Nov. 12, 1880; Times, Dec. 18, 1903; Times Dec. 11, 1888). Loosely inserted in v. 18, 21-22 are publisher's advertisements. v. 25 contains an advertisement for the "Encyclopaedia Britannica bookcase". $z No ownership marks $z Binding: Nineteenth-century half calf on maroon textured cloth, half double blind and gilt fillets. Five false raised bands, gilt tooling on spine; lettered direct in gilt on spine. Marbled endpapers and edges. Some spines damaged.
Makers and roles
Thomas Spencer Baynes William Robertson Smith (1846-1894)