![[Item #58405] The British Cyclopaedia of the Arts and Sciences / Literature, History, Geography, Law, and Politics / Natural History. Charles F. PARTINGTON.](https://lornebair.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/58405.jpg?auto=webp&v=1657583162)
The British Cyclopaedia of the Arts and Sciences / Literature, History, Geography, Law, and Politics / Natural History
London: Orr and Smith, 1835 / 1836 / 1837. Octavo (24cm). Dark blue calf, gilt rule to outer perimeter of boards, spines tooled in blind, titled in gilt on brown leather spine labels, all edges stained dull tan; division I, vol. I: [ii],xcvi,939,[1]pp; vol. II: [ii],944pp; division II, vol. I: [ii],xxxii,924pp; vol. II: [ii],892pp; vol. III: [ii],944pp; division III, vol. I: [ii],[iv]-viii,[i]-xvi,[1-2],[1]-796pp; vol. II: [ii],888pp; vol. III: [ii],844pp; 107 plates, numerous in-text wood engravings. Each volume with nineteenth-century gift inscription "John Hanson from his dear Aunt," and the bookplate of noted zoologist James G. Mead. Straight and sound, lightly rubbed, with a few small scuffs to boards, occasional foxing including to plates: Very Good.
Charles Frederick Partington "did a great deal to teach and popularize scientific and technical subjects among the working classes" (Collison, Encyclopaedias: Their History Throughout the Ages 186). His Cyclopaedia was first published in two volumes in 1833-35, part of a "boom in encyclopedia publishing" at the start of the nineteenth century (Collison 174). This copy, issued in three divisions over three years, is bound uniformly as a set.
Price: $650.00
