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)
Category
Books
Date
1786
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3123897.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.2, 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".
Makers and roles
Ephraim Chambers (1680-1740) Abraham Rees (1743-1825)