Cyclopaedia: or, An universal dictionary of arts and sciences; :. containing an explication of the terms, and an account of the things signified thereby, in the several arts, both liberal and mechanical; and the several sciences, human and divine: the figures, kinds, properties, productions, preparations, and uses, of things natural and artificial: the rise, progress, and state of things ecclesiastical, civil, military, and commercial: with the several systems, sects, opinions, &c. among philosophers, divines, mathematicians, physicians, antiquaries, critics, &c. The whole intended as a course of antient and modern learning. Extracted from the best authors, dictionaries, journals, memoirs, transactions, ephemerides, &c. in several languages. /. By E. Chambers, F.R.S. ... In two volumes. Vol. I[-II].
Ephraim Chambers (1680-1740)
Category
Books
Date
1738
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3046257
Summary
Bibliographic description
The second edition, corrected and amended; with some additions.. 2 v. :. ill. (part. fold.) ;. fol. Provenance: eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, lettered: William Windham Esquire [i.e. William Windham (1717-1761)]. Binding: eighteenth-century calf, sewn onto six raised bands; gold-rolled on board edges; red and black title and volume spine labels. Bookshoes.
Makers and roles
Ephraim Chambers (1680-1740), author John Sturt (1658-1730)