Cyclopædia: 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, ... The whole intended as a course of antient and modern learning. ... By E. Chambers, ... The second edition, corrected and amended; with some additions. In two volumes. ...
Ephraim Chambers (1680-1740)
Category
Books
Date
1738 - 1739
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3193478
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v., plates (some fold.) : ill., front., tables ; fol. Provenance: eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, with putti, and motto: Nil Desperandum, Yates, sculp. Thomas Anson Esqr. Shugborough. [i.e. Thomas Anson, of Shugbrough (1695-1773)]. Binding: eighteenth-century cal; double gilt fillet border; gilt tooled spine; gilt lettered and numbered red and green spine labels: Chambers's Dictionary.
Makers and roles
Ephraim Chambers (1680-1740)