1820 SCIENCE Encyclopedia ARTS Electricity Medicine Astronomy Illustrated RARE

1820 SCIENCE Encyclopedia ARTS Electricity Medicine Astronomy Illustrated RARE

An early 19^th-century English encyclopedia. This work by C.T. Watkins was written for quick reference on a multitude of topics with terms from medicine, politics and government, astronomy, electricity, mathematics, music, animals, and so much more. Note the full-page illustrations scattered throughout.

Item number: #24580

Price: $499

WATKINS, C.T.

A portable cyclopaedia or compendious dictionary of arts and sciences

London: printed for Richard Phillips and Co., 1820.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • Unpaginated (A-Z)
  • 32 engraved plates throughout
• Provenance:
  • Armorial bookplate – Henry George White, Major General
    • Major General Henry George White (1835–1906) was a British army officer, who served in the Crimean War (1854-56), the Indian Mutiny (1858-59), Cyprus (1878-79), and Bechanaland in South Africa in the 1880s. He resided at Lough Eske Castle in Donegal from 1894 until his death, where he was remembered as a benevolent and generous landowner. Motto: VIRTUS SEMPER VINCIT
  • Handwritten – George White, 1823
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~7.25in X 4.25in (18cm x 10.5cm)

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