The Encyclopaedic Dictionary in the Eighteenth Century: Cyclopaedia
Author: Terence M. Russell
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 454
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Volume two provides letterpress articles extracted from Chambers' Cyclopaedia. The introduction and chapter one trace the publication history of Cyclopaedia and consider its aims, structure, system of arrangement, and general influence. Chambers' flattering Dedication to George II is reproduced along with a substantial portion of his scholarly preface, which presents the principal categories of Chambers' Division of Knowledge in the form of a genealogical tree. His original diagrammatic representation of the division of knowledge is also provided. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR