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1797 Encyclopedia Britannica ART & SCIENCE Illustrated RARE Gunnery Cannon Flags

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1797 Encyclopedia Britannica ART & SCIENCE Illustrated RARE Gunnery Cannon Flags

An exceptional supplemental tome to the early 19th-century editions of the Encyclopedia Britannica. The Britannica has long been one of the most used and best references since the late 18th-century. This tome features impressive illustrations depicting plants, flags, cannons and gunnery equipment, and a grammatical table.

Item number: #19223

Price: $750

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Encyclopaedia Britannica, or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature : constructed on a plan, by which the different sciences and arts are digested into the form of distinct treatises or systemsâ€¦ vol 8.

Edinburgh : Printed for A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797.

Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

[2], 799, [1]

16 engraved plates, 2 folding tables

Provenance: Bookplate â€“ Alfred Cooper

Bookplate includes the crest and motto of the Ashley-Cooper family. While the exact identity of this particular member is unclear, the family includes prominent members such as Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, KG (1801â€“1885), a prominent politician, social reformer and philanthropist. Called the "Poor Mans Earl", he campaigned for better working conditions, reform to lunacy laws, education and the limitation of child labor, and the abolition of slavery.

Language: English

Binding: Leather; tight and secure

Size: ~11in X 8.75in (28cm x 22cm)

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