CHAMBERS EPHRAIM Cyclopaedia 3rd Edition Dublin 1740
CHAMBERS, EPHRAIM Cyclopædia: or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences containing an explication of the terms, and an account of the things signified thereby, in the several arts, both liberal and mechanical; and the several sciences, human and divine...Third edition. Dublin Printed 1740. Four folio volumes 15" 3/4 by 9"7/8 (400 x 253 mm) each volume around 1"3/4 (450 mm) thick. Unpaginated. The four volumes contain eighteen engraved fold-out plates. Original full leather binding and on each volume the etched armorial bookplates of the Colonel Vessey. The volume 1 and 2 have the first page or endpaper with a hole in the middle We think that is the bookplates which are glued on the page. Volume 1 the edge of architectural etching is cutting and torn on 4? (10cm) but the etching is complete. All the books have a few rust stains but not on all pages. The volume 1 has more stains included a wax stain. We don?t see pages missing and it is 19 etching numbered to 18.The paper is very well preserved.
For our French-speaking friends
Chambers Ephraim "Cyclopaedia" ou Dictionnaire Universel des Arts et des Sciences contenant les explications et significations des termes, dans tous les arts, libres et mécaniques et de toutes les sciences, humaines et divines... Troisième Édition imprimé à Dublin en 1740. Les deux volumes sont reliés en quatre livres de 4.5cm d'épaisseur chacun in folio, format 40cm x 25.5cm. Les quatre volumes contiennent 18 planches gravés dépliables. Reliure à dos cousue d'époque en cuir et sur chaque volume l'ex libris gravé à l'eau-forte du Colonel Vesey recouvrant celui de l'ancien propriétaire. Ils sont dans l'état.
