Cyclopaedia of English Literature: a selection of The Choicest Productions of English Authors, from the earliest to the present time, connected by a Critical and Biographical History, elegantly illustrated
by CHAMBERS, Robert (Edited by)
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- Hardcover
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Boston. Published by Gould and Lincoln. 1854, 1854. Hardcover. thick 4to, 25.5cm, 16th thousand, in 2 volumes, xvi,672 & [xvi],717pp., with c.265 plates and illustrations from engravings, (inc. 2 engraved frontis portrait, one being a fine engraving of Samuel Johonson), index, in the original straight ribbed green cloth, blind stamped borders and crests on the boards, gilt spine titles, some slight wear at the edges, top spine edge worn, slight faded but a very good sound set ().
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- Bookseller
- Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC) (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21549
- Title
- Cyclopaedia of English Literature: a selection of The Choicest Productions of English Authors, from the earliest to the present time, connected by a Critical and Biographical History, elegantly illustrated
- Author
- CHAMBERS, Robert (Edited by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Boston. Published by Gould and Lincoln. 1854
- Date Published
- 1854
- Keywords
- ENGLISH LITERATURE CHAMBERS AUTHORS LITERARY BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY REFERENCE FICTION NOVEL NOVELISTS
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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