1786 ENORMOUS English Chambers Cyclopaedia Astronomy Medicine Science 4v SET

1786 ENORMOUS English Chambers Cyclopaedia Astronomy Medicine Science 4v SET

“This is a view of knowledge, as it were in stamine; exhibiting only the grand, constituent parts thereof.”

– Ephraim Chambers, Cyclopaedia, preface

An absolutely enormous 18^th-century printing of Ephraim Chambers’ famous “Cyclopaedia’ – a work which would become a direct inspiration for Diderot and d’Alembert’s “Encyclopedia”. Many encyclopedias written during the 18^th-century and early were specific to areas of study; however, this work includes a broad array of topics, including astronomy, law, medicine, military, navigation, music and more! According to historians, this landmark work was as influential, or to some even more so, as Samuel Johnson’s great Dictionary. Chambers’s Cyclopedia had even a more important impact on defining cultural significance.

It is hard to describe the size of this set. This set is massive! It is easily one of the largest, heaviest, and most impressive set of four uniform tomes available anywhere!

Item number: #27393

Price: $2950

CHAMBERS, Ephraim

Cyclopædia, or, An universal dictionary of arts and sciences

London: printed for J.F. and C. Rivington, et al., 1786-79. Early printing!

Details:

• Collation: Complete; 4 volumes
  • All Volumes unpaginated
    • 1 – A-C
    • 2 – D-J
    • 3 – K-P
    • 4 – Q-Z + Index
  • 145 plates
• Provenance: Bookplate – William Alfred Cocks
  • William Alfred Cocks (1892-1971) was a master clock maker from Ryton, County Durham. He had a lifelong interest in the history and culture of the North-east of England, and particularly in the Northumbrian smallpipes and half-long pipes. He assembled a large collection of historic bagpipes, their music, and related materials, which forms the core of the collection now housed at the Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum. He was elected to the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1920, remaining a member until his death.
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~16.25in X 10.75in X 3.25in (41.5cm x 27.5cm x 8.5cm)
• EXCEEDINGLY RARE, valuable, and desirable with auction records and price comparisons between $6,200-$8,000

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