The English Cyclopaedia, a new Dictionary of Universal Knowledge

Authors:

Knight, Charles (1791-1873) *

Published:

London : Bradbury & Evans, 1854-61

Format:

4to., strongly half bound russia, marbled leaves

Catalogue description:

conducted by Charles Knight, with 7000 engravings, 22 vols. in 11; and additional Vol. of General Index - together 12 vols.

Number of volumes:

Languages:

English

Sale price:

£9. 9s.

Appears in:

Sotheran's Valuation (c1871)

Stonehouse Catalogue (1878)

CD Junior's Catalogue

Source reference:

S042.6; V15.16; C030.03

Location in CD Junior's Catalogue:

Location in Sotheran's valuation:

Library, shelving under bookcases facing door, shelf 3, item 02

Stonehouse Catalogue:

Comprises, Geography, 4 vols. - Natural History, 4 vols. - Biography, 6 vols. - Arts and Sciences, 8 vols. - Index, 1 vol. This excellent Cyclopaedia 'exceeds in magnitude all other works of its kind which have hitherto been published in the English Language,' and, according to the Times, 'includes somewhere or other all the information generally required upon every conceivable topic.'