The Royal Dictionary-Cyclopaedia for Universal Reference; being a complete literary, classical, historical, biographical, geographical, scientific and technological expositor of the English language

Thomas Wright

Verlag: The London Printing and Publishing Company, Limited 1862-1867, London, 1862

A complete five-volume set of Thomas Wright's encyclopaedia of universal reference, complete with folding maps. A five-volume set uniformly bound in half calf bindings with marbled edges and end papers. A comprehensive dictionary-encyclopaedia covering literary, classical, historical, biographical, geographical, scientific and technological topics, by the antiquarian and prolific author Thomas Wright (1810-1877). Volume I lists entries A to C. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, an engraved title page, fifteen plates and six folding maps. Volume II lists D to G. Illustrated with a frontispiece, seven plates and seven folding maps. Volume III lists H to M. Illustrated with a folding map to the frontispiece, seven plates and five further folding maps.Volume IV lists N to Q. Illustrated with a frontispiece, nine plates and two folding maps. Volume V lists R to Z. Illustrated with a frontispiece, five plates and eight folding maps. Collated, complete. In half calf bindings. Externally, smart, with shelf wear to the boards and light rubbing to the joints. Spine labels have been discoloured with ink. Front hinge slightly strained to volumes IV and V, but hinges remain firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with the odd spot, more so to the first and last few pages. Creasing to the folding maps. Very Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 926M10

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Royal Dictionary-Cyclopaedia for ...
Verlag: The London Printing and Publishing Company, Limited 1862-1867, London
Erscheinungsdatum: 1862
Einband: Leather
Illustrator: Not Stated
Zustand: Very Good
Art des Buches: book