Author: James Wylde [editor]:
Title: The Circle of the Sciences; a cyclopaedia of experimental, mathematical & mechanical philosophy, and natural history [volume 1 & part of volume 2].
Description: London: The London Printing and Publishing Company, 1862. First edition (hardback). This is volumes 1 and 2 only of what would have been a 3-volume set. 4to (29cm by 20cm), xxviii, 1254pp; viii, 302pp. Plates, text illustrations. Recently stoutly rebound in brown cloth, black morocco title labels to the spines. There is some thumbing of the preliminary pages, and paraffin staining to the margins of the plates; overall, the contents are in good condition. Note that this is not a complete set; there would originally have been a third volume containing pp303-1092 of volume 2. This work was also issued in ten separate parts.

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