Cyclopaedia; or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences - 1728
by Ephraim Chambers
and
A supplement to Mr. Chambers\'s cyclopaedia - 1753
on 2 DVD\'sThese 2 data DVD\'s contain the famous encyclopaedia of Ephraim Chambers Cyclopaedia; or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences - 1728 and also the supplement A supplement to Mr. Chambers\'s cyclopaedia - 1753 in facsimiles of high resolution images. The images have the resolution of approx. 1600x2800 pixels and the books have a total of over 4000 pages. There are also some illustrations in these books, as you can see below.
Ephraim Chambers (c. 1680 – 15 May 1740) was an English writer and encyclopaedist, who is primarily known for producing the Cyclopaedia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences.
Chambers was born in Kendal, Westmorland, England, and attended Heversham Grammar School there. Little is known of his early life, other than that he was apprenticed to a globe-maker, John Senex, in London from 1714-1721. It was here that he developed the plan of the Cyclopaedia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. After beginning the Cyclopaedia, he left Senex\'s service and devoted himself entirely to the encyclopedia project. He also took lodging in Gray\'s Inn, where he remained for the rest of his life.
Cyclopaedia is two-volume, alphabetically arranged encyclopaedia compiled and edited by the English encyclopaedist Ephraim Chambers and first published in 1728. The illustrated work treated the arts and sciences; names of persons or places were not included. Seven editions had been published in London by 1751–52. The materials for seven additional volumes were published in two folio volumes in 1753 as a Supplement after having been reworked first by John Lewis Scott and then by John Hill after the death of Chambers.
Although Chambers declined an invitation in 1739 to publish a French edition of his Cyclopædia, a projected French translation of the work became the starting point for L’Encyclopédie, the great 18th-century French encyclopaedia edited by the French philosopher and translator Denis Diderot and the French mathematician Jean d’Alembert.Below you will see some sample pages (sizes reduced) from these books and also the list with the books which you will find on these 2 data DVD\'s.
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