Description
A Dictionary of Science, Literature, and Art: Comprising the History, Description, and Scientific Principles of Every Branch of Human Knowledge; with the Derivation and Definition of All the Terms in General Use, Edited by W.T. Brande, Assisted by Joseph Cauvin, Harper & Brothers, New York, 1847, 1352pp, leather, 6.5 x 9.5", 8vo Fair condition. Wear and chipping to boards. Tips are bumped. Chipping and cracking to spine. Title in gilt on black leather title plate on spine; somewhat illegible. Spine is cracked and coming loose near headcap/front joint. Marbled fore edges and endpapers. Provenance on front endpaper with bookplate. Toning, age-staining, and ink-staining throughout textblock. Binding intact. Illustrated. Please see photos. The Dictionary of Science, Literature, and Art is a single-volume reference work published in the mid-19th century by Longman's in the United Kingdom and by Harper Brothers in the United States. At the time, it was considered a highly successful compendium of general but scholarly information. It was part of a trend toward cheaper, smaller reference works targeted at the middle and working classes. It was expanded to three volumes in 1866, and the final edition was published in 1875 in three volumes. The original editor in chief was William Thomas Brande and associate editor was Joseph Cauvin. Upon Brande's death in 1866, Sir George William Cox took over as editor. FORN-TUB-0056-BB-2408-JC1202
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