Cyclopædia, or, An universal dictionary of arts and sciences : containing the definitions of the terms, and accounts of the things signify'd thereby, in the several arts, both liberal and mechanical, and the several sciences, human and divine... the whole intended as a course of antient and modern learning. Compiled from the best authors, dictionaries, journals, memoirs, transactions, ephemerides, &c. in several languages (v.2)
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Type of record: Book
Title: Cyclopædia, or, An universal dictionary of arts and sciences : containing the definitions of the terms, and accounts of the things signify'd thereby, in the several arts, both liberal and mechanical, and the several sciences, human and divine... the whole intended as a course of antient and modern learning. Compiled from the best authors, dictionaries, journals, memoirs, transactions, ephemerides, &c. in several languages (v.2)
Other titles: Universal dictionary of arts and sciences
Classmark: BC Case 43 CHA
Creator(s): Chambers, Ephraim (1680-1740)
Publisher: Printed for James and John Knapton [and 19 others]
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1728
Language: English
Size and medium: 2 volumes
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/254743
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991016197689705181
Description
First edition.
The pagination and signatures, in both of which there are numerous inconsistencies and irregularities, are continuous.
With 20 engraved plates, many of them folding, consisting of 19 illustrations numbered in sequence, and a frontispiece which is unnumbered. The numbering is omitted from plates 2 and 19.
Indexed in: References: Kress Lib : S.3238; References: Hanson : 3666; Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature, no. 6592.0 suppl.
Additional description
Plate 14, a single folding plate in the second edition of 1738, is divided and bound as two in this copy. With bookplate of Thomas Stonor, 3rd lord Camoys