Dutch Encyclopedia Nieuw En Volkomen Woordenboek Van Konsten En Weetenschappen Bevattende Alle

by Egbert Buys

$2,500 · Offered by Eric Chaim Kline Bookseller

Amsterdam: Steven Jacobus Baalde, 1769–1778. First printing. Hardcover. Octavo. Ca. 8000pp. Published with 282 plates, ours with 267, one folding chart. Original half calf over marbled boards with gilt ruling and lettering on spine. Engraved frontispiece missing. This extraordinary and only edition of the woordenboek encyclopedia , still valued for its lexicographical and linguistic content, took Buys 13 years to complete

• Printing: first
• Binding: Hardcover

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