August 5, 2025
CHAMBERS DICTIONARY - FOUR FINE VOLS - 1786 - RARE
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For sale is a very scarce and impressive four-volume set of 'CYCLOPAEDIA: OR, AN UNIVERSAL DICTIONARY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. Containing an exploration of the terms, and an account of the several subjects, in the liberal and mechanical arts, and the sciences human and divine. Intended as a course of ancient and modern learning. By E. Chambers, F.R.S. Floriseris ut apes in faltibus omnia libant, Omnia nos - Lucret. With the supplement and modern improvements, Incorporated in one ALPHABET. By Abraham Rees, D.D. F.R.S. In four volumes. London. MDCCLXXXVI.'. The Cyclopaedia was the first general Encyclopedia to be produced in the English language. This work has many admirers, both contemporary, and later. Walsh states; ''Although the Cyclopaedia is now but a landmark in the history of encyclopedia publishing, its impact and influence upon later generations was incalculable. It directly influenced the famous French Encyclopedie of Diderot, and the New Encyclopaedia compiled by Abraham Rees and published between 1802 and 1820." Circle of Knowledge 16; "Ephriam Chambers, a map-maker by training, may be termed the father of the modern encyclopedia. He included not only many articles on the useful sciences, but also attempted wide coverage of the humanities, and he devised an extensive system of cross-references to minimize the need for repetition.
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