The popular encyclopedia;. being a general dictionary of arts, sciences, literature, biography, history, and political economy. Reprinted from the American edition of the "Conversations lexicon". With corrections and additions, so as to render it suitable to this country, and bring it down to the present time. With dissertations on the rise and progress of literature, by Sir D.K. Sandford, ... On the progress of science, by Thomas Thomson, ... and on the progress of the fine arts, by Allan Cunningham, Esq. Volume I. Part I. (-VII. Part II).
Allan Cunningham (1784-1842)
Category
Books
Date
1836
Materials
Place of origin
Glasgow
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 3215558
Summary
Bibliographic description
7v. in 15, plates. ill.., plates, tables. 25cm. Imperfect: v.7, pt. 2 only. Provenance: Twentieth-century blue ink stamp on front free endpaper: "Springhill". Binding: Nineteenth-century brown (?) publisher's cloth; spine with recessed cords, gilt spine title "The popular encyclopedia -- Part 14 Price 11s Dun-Wyat" .
Makers and roles
Allan Cunningham (1784-1842) Sir Daniel Keyte Sandford (1798-1838) Thomas Thomson (1773-1852) Alexander Whitelaw