Shelfmark
CS.1414.01 - CS.1416.05
Author
Title
The cyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature. / By Abraham Rees ... with the assistance of eminent professional gentlemen. Illustrated with numerous engravings, by the most distinguished artists. In thirty-nine volumes. ....
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Portion of title: Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature
Publication, distribution, etc.
London: : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, Paternoster-Row, F. C. and J. Rivington, A. Strahan, Payne and Foss, Scatcherd and Letterman, J. Cuthell, Clarke and sons, Lackington Hughes Harding Mavor and Jones, J. and A. Arch, Cadell and Davies, S. Bagster, J. Mawman, James Black and Son, Black Kingsbury Parbury and Allen, R. Scholey, J. Booth, J. Booker, Suttaby Evance and Fox, Baldwin Cradock and Joy, Sherwood Neely and Jones, R. Saunders, Hurst Robinson and Co., J. Dickinson, J. Paterson, E. Whiteside, Wilson and Sons, and Brodie and Dowding., 1819 [i.e. 1802]-1820..
Physical description
45 v. : ill., music, maps, port. ; 27 x 22 cm.
Note
Published in 85 parts, 1802-1820. Collective title-leaves dated 1819 for the text and 1820 for the plates volumes (and undated half-title leaves) were issued with the final parts. Some parts exist in more than one edition (a "Second edition" is sometimes identified in the caption title of an individual part).
Note
Consists of 39 volumes of text, numbered I-XXXIX, and six volumes of plates numbered "Plates. Vol. I [-VI] ...".
Note
"Printed by A. Strahan ..." - verso of each half-title or title-leaf etc. The individual parts in vols. 1-30 have the imprint of Strahan and Preston.
Note
The text is printed in two columns, and is unpaginated.
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Vol. 1 includes a portrait frontispiece. The other plates are arranged alphabetically by subject, with natural history and maps placed at the end of the sequence, occupying vols. 5 and 6 respectively. The plates are often numbered within each subject group. Some plates are folded (notably those for "Naval architecture" and the maps).
Note
Vol. 30 includes addenda and corrigenda, a "Catalogue and analysis of the plates to Rees's Cyclopædia ..." and an "Index of the plates.".
Note
Imprint varies. In later vols. James Black and Son have been dropped, and "Ogle Duncan and Co." added.
Formatted contents note
Contents: v. 1, A-AMA -- v. 2, AMA-ART -- v. 3, ART-BAT -- v. 4, BAT-BOO -- v. 5, BOO-CAL -- v. 6, CAL-CAS -- v. 7, CAS-CHR -- v. 8, CHR-COL -- v. 9, COL-COR -- v. 10, COR-CZY -- v. 11, D-DIS -- v. 12, DIS-ELO -- v. 13, ELO-EXT -- v. 14, EXU-FOO -- v. 15, FOO-GEN -- v. 16, GEN-GRE -- v. 17, GRE-HIB -- v. 18, HIB-INC -- v. 19, INC-KIL -- v. 20, KIL-LIG -- v. 21, LIG-MAC -- v. 22, MAC-MAT -- v. 23, MAT-MON -- v. 24, MON-NEW -- v. 25, NEW-OZU -- v. 26, P-PER -- v. 27, PER-POE -- v. 28, POE-PUN -- v. 29, PUN-REP -- v. 30, REP-RZE -- v. 31, S-SCO -- v. 32, SCO-SIN -- v. 33, SIN-STA -- v. 34, STA-SZY -- v. 35, T-TOL -- v. 36, TOL-VER -- v. 37, VER-WAT -- v. 38, WAT-WZE -- v. 39, X-ZYT.
Provenance
Bookplate of Eton College on the front pastedown.
Provenance
Ex libris of Edward Craven Hawtrey, headmaster and later provost of Eton College, on the front pastedown.
Binding
19th century brown calf with frame of double gold fillets and blind roll on covers; gold lion as centrepiece; red marbled endpapers and edges; one blank flyleaf at the beginning and end of volume.
Copy-specific note
Imperfect: wanting vol. 1.
Copy-specific note
Old shelfmark F.p.2-1.
Subject
Encyclopedias and dictionaries.
Subject
Science Encyclopedias.
Subject
Art Encyclopedias.
Subject
Literature Encyclopedias.
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Strahan, Andrew, ? - -1831 publisher.
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Strahan, Andrew, ? - -1831 printer.
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Cuthell, John publisher.
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Davies, William, ? - 1820 publisher.
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Bagster, Samuel, 1772 - 1851 publisher.
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Mawman, Joseph, 1759 - 1827 publisher.
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Black, James, ? - 1845 publisher.
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Scholey, Robert, active 1806 - 1831 publisher.
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Booth, John, 1768? - 1840 publisher.
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Booker, J. publisher.
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Saunders, Robert publisher.
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Dickinson, Joseph, active 1814? - 1847 publisher.
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Wilson, Effingham, 1783 - 1868 publisher.
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Cadell, Thomas, 1773 - 1836 publisher.
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Hawtrey, Edward Craven, 1789 - 1862 former owner.
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Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown publisher.
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F., C. and J. Rivington publisher.
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Strahan and Preston printer.
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Ogle, Duncan, & Co. publisher.
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Payne and Foss publisher.
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Scatcherd and Letterman publisher.
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Clarke and Sons publisher.
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Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor and Jones publisher.
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John and Arthur Arch publisher.
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Cadell & Davies publisher.
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James Black and Son publisher.
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Black, Kingsbury, Parbury, and Allen publisher.
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Suttaby, Evance and Fox (Firm) publisher.
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Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy publisher.
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Sherwood, Neely, and Jones publisher.
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Hurst, Robinson, and Co. publisher.
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Effingham Wilson and Sons publisher.
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Brodie and Dowding publisher.
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England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B53057