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 - 1788
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Hanbury Hall, Worcestershire
NT 3179414
Summary
Bibliographic description
5 v., plates : ill. ; fol. Vol. 5 in this set bears titlepage of vol. 1 (1786). Vol. 3 has homemade paper pagemarker inserted at 2U. Provenance: eighteenth-century family armorial bookplate: Vernon semper viret. Plate in vol. 2 inscibed [Geo?] Vernon. Binding: eighteenth-century sprinkled calf; gilt on spine; six raised bands; red and black spine labels gilt lettered and numbered: Chamber's dictionary ...
Makers and roles
Ephraim Chambers (1680-1740) Abraham Rees (1743-1825)