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. The second edition, corrected and amended; with some additions. In two volumes. Vol. I[-II].
Ephraim Chambers (1680-1740)
Category
Books
Date
1738
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3069002
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. : ill. (part. fold.) ; fol. Running number: 7474. Water-staining throughout both vols. Provenance: manuscript inscription on vol. 1 front fly-leaf: "M. 2. vol." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Binding: eighteenth-century blind-tooled reversed calf over wooden boards; sewn on four raised bands; six raised bands on spines; blind double fillet outer border and blind fillet and roll pattern inner panel with cornerpiece stamps; blind roll pattern along board edges; blind-tooled spines, with fillet, roll and stamp decoration; gilt title on brown sheepskin label on spines. Red sprinkled textblock edges. Comb and swirl pattern marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Ephraim Chambers (1680-1740), author