Author: Various
Title: The Popular Encyclopedia: Or, Conversations Lexicon. A General Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, Biography, History and Political Economy (Volume II)
Description: London / Glasgow, Blackie and Son, undated. Hardcover. black leather boards w/ gilt decorative trim; five gilt decorative compartments & four raised bands. all edges speckled marble. 863 pgs w/ plates & maps. Previous owner's plate to front pastedown. Pages have instances of speckled or spotted foxing, though, volume remains relatively free of more pronounced foxing. Some darkening and heavy foxing to plates. Color tinted map remains precisely folded. Numerous black and white plates. A wonderful collection of arcane, historical knowledge. Decorative gilt remains bright. A handsome copy. Volume II: Can.-- Eng. Good+ (boards have light scuffs & scratches; edges rubbed. spine ends & corners rubbed. light rubbing to raised bands. hinge paper cracking; joints & boards firm. pgs remain fairly bright) .

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