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Lot 168 - "Dr. Rees's New Cyclopedia, The New Cyclopedia Or Universal Dictionary" Antique Reference Book, Volume XXXIV Part II, Siu To Sparaxis, Published 1816
Lot 168 - "Dr. Rees's New Cyclopedia, The New Cyclopedia Or Universal Dictionary" Antique Reference Book, Volume XXXIV Part II, Siu To Sparaxis, Published 1816
This is Volume XXXIV, Part II of Dr. Rees's New Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, covering entries from SIU to SPARAXIS, published in New York in 1816. The comprehensive reference work covers topics in biography, geography, and household knowledge across multiple subject areas. This volume includes plates at the rear of the book illustrating: Projection, Perspective, Short Hand, Miscellany (depicting patent locks), Magnetism, Block Machinery at Portsmouth, Horology Compensating Pendulums, Architecture Oblique Arch, Architecture Joinery, and Analysis - Gyration and Harmonic Curve. The rear cover identifies this as "List of Plates, Vol. XXXIV Part II" with publishers listed as "Architecture, Plate XXIII / Hydrology, Plate XXIII / Biography, Plate XXIII / Miscellany, Plate II / Geography and Hydrography, Plate XXIII / Short Hand, The Alphabet." The book is bound in paper-covered boards with leather spine, now detached. Many pages remain uncut with joined top edges, requiring cutting to open, and retain deckled edges characteristic of hand-made paper from this period. The text block shows significant wear with exposed sewing at spine, frayed and split edges, extensive foxing and age toning throughout, and moisture damage visible at corners and edges. Pages remain largely intact despite advanced deterioration. A substantial example of early 19th-century American encyclopedic publishing.
