04996nam a2200697 a 4500 19990129000000.0 cr mn 820422m18101829enkabcf e 000 0 eng d ABQ7585LB (OCoLC)ocm08363202 PLF dcrb PLF SMI WaOLN SMI+ osds 6/18/96; transf./recat of SI Ref copy (not formerly on SIRIS) AE5 .E5622 1810 Encyclopaedia londinensis, or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature : comprehending, under one general alphabetical arrangement, all the words and substance of every kind of dictionary extant in the English language : in which the improved departments of the mechanical arts, the liberal sciences, the higher mathematics, and the several branches of polite literature, are selected from the acts, memoirs, and transactions, of the most eminent literary societies, in Europe, Asia, and America : forming a comprehensive view of the rise, progress, and present state, of human learning in every part of the world : embellished by a most magnificent set of copper-plate engravings ... / compiled, digested, and arranged, by John Wilkes, of Milland House ... ; assisted by eminent scholars of the English, Scotch, and Irish, universities. Encyclopedia londinensis Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature London : Printed for the proprietor, by J. Adlard ..., sold at the Encyclopaedia Office ... by J. White ... and Champante and Whitrow ..., 1810-1829. 24 volumes, leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 27 cm Volumes 1-22 edited by J. Jones; volumes 23-24 edited by G. Jones. Published in parts and sold by subscription. Imprint of volumes 15-20 varies slightly; volumes 21-24 have imprint: Printed for G. Jones at the Encyclopaedia office. Plates signed by various artists and engravers, including J. Chapman and J. Pass, among others. Text in double columns. Each volume includes indexes to the major articles featured in it. Errors in paging. British Museum. General catalogue of printed books, volume 61, column 621 Also available online. digitized BHLDP 20130430 Internet Archive extracted picklist 20081216 BHLEX Elecresource SCNHRB and SCDIRB have incomplete copies. SCDIRB copy has its leaves of plates distributed throughout the set. SCDIRB copy of volume 7 has three old photographs laid in: two scenes of an unidentified family posing in front of a cottage and one picture of geese in front of a stone wall. SCDIRB copy is imperfect: volume 21 (39088007970981) is wanting; pages 25-26 of volume 1 are also wanting. Numerous leaves of plates appear to be wanting. SCDIRB copy has stamp on title pages: Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum, Swales Collection; accession number: 254266 (for all volumes). SCDIRB copy is bound in green buckram. SCNHRB (formerly MOLLRB) has the conchology section of volume 5 only (39088006359020; containing just the title page and preliminaries, pages 13-42, and plates I-XVI), with hand-colored illustrations. The SCNHRB (formerly MOLLRB) copy formerly belonged to S. Stillman Berry (from his bequest) and was given to SIL by Clyde Roper. Encyclopedias and dictionaries Mollusks Pictorial works. Wilkes, John, of Milland House, Sussex Jones, John, 1766-1821 Jones, G. Chapman, J. (John), active 1792-1823, engraver. Pass, J., engraver. Berry, S. Stillman (Samuel Stillman), 1887-1984, former owner. DSI Roper, Clyde F. E., 1937- , donor. DSI Biodiversity Heritage Library. http://biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16001 https://sirismm.si.edu/siris/ScannedBook.jpg Scanned Book cai 02-15-90 cai 3-12-90 add 966 mle 3-15-90 cor 590.1, 966 jc 4-3-91 caps in 966 osds 6/18/96 cng MOLLRB copy status code from 3L to 2L osds 6/18/96 add SCDIRB copy osds 6/24/96 scdirb v. 21 appears to be missing (not present at time of cataloging), but the checklist card indicates all 24 v. were present when set was trans. from SI REF csmr 5/12/05 Add missing 2004 inventory notes for SCDIRB v. 21 39088007970991; cng. coll code in 590/ 6 and 7 from MOLLRB to SCNHRB osds 1/28/2009 add 700 osds 11/2/2018 update notes & clarify completeness (or lack thereof) 384403 gyb 2/19/14 BHL/CHL tag repatriation GYB 2019/03/11 BHL/CHL quarterly job