Cyclopædia: . or, an universal dictionary of the arts and sciences; ... By E. Chambers, F.R.S. With the supplement, and modern improvements, incorporated in one alphabet. By Abraham Rees, D.D. F.R.S. In four volumes. 3123897

Cyclopædia: . or, an universal dictionary of the arts and sciences; ... By E. Chambers, F.R.S. With the supplement, and modern improvements, incorporated in one alphabet. By Abraham Rees, D.D. F.R.S. In four volumes.

Ephraim Chambers (1680-1740)

Date

1786 - 1791

Materials

Place of origin

England

Collection

Ickworth, Suffolk

NT 3123897

Summary

Bibliographic description

5v., plates . ill.. . fol... Provenance: Hervey armorial bookplate, with Baron's coronet, label mark of cadency [i.e. first son] and motto Je n'oublierai jamais [probably John Augustus, Lord Hervey (1757-1796)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century full leather binding; gilt fillet and gilt tooled border; Twentieth-century rebacked spine gilt decorated and lettered: "Chambers Cyclopaedia by Rees".

Provenance

Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956

Makers and roles

Ephraim Chambers (1680-1740) Abraham Rees (1743-1825)

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