Monday, September 12, 2005

Cyclopaedia

frontispiece - cyclopaedia by Ephrahim Chambers, 1728

Somewhere between Pliny the Elder and wikipedia comes...


Ephraim Chambers: [1728]

"Cyclopaedia, or, An universal dictionary of arts and sciences : containing the definitions of the terms, and accounts of the things signify'd thereby, in the several arts, both liberal and mechanical, and the several sciences, human and divine : the figures, kinds, properties, productions, preparations, and uses, of things natural and artificial : the rise, progress, and state of things ecclesiastical, civil, military, and commercial : with the several systems, sects, opinions, &c : among philosophers, divines, mathematicians, physicians, antiquaries, criticks, &c : the whole intended as a course of antient and modern learning"

2 comments :

Anonymous said...

Stop blogging right now!

Karla said...

Many thanks for all of the joy and lunacy of the past ten years. Glad you and BibliOdyssey came into my life.

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