The English Cyclopaedia: A New Dictionary of Universal Knowledge: Biography Volume III
by KNIGHT, CHARLES
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Bradbury and Evans 1856. THIS VOLUME ONLY, quarto, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine & raised bands, blind decorative rule to spine, marbled page edges & eps, 998 paginated columns, VG- (heavy scuffing to spine & board edges/corners with some surface loss, moderate chafing & light staining to boards with some surface loss, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, cracks to gutters, light foxing sporadically throughout)
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- Title
- The English Cyclopaedia: A New Dictionary of Universal Knowledge: Biography Volume III
- Author
- KNIGHT, CHARLES
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bradbury and Evans 1856
- Keywords
- cyclopaedia cyclopedia England United Kingdom UK history literature
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