Lot 81
Encyclopaedia Britannica; or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 1810
Lot 81 Details
Encyclopaedia Britannica; or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 1810
4to., 20 vols. 4th edition, with nearly six hundred full plate engravings including fold-outs, in contemporary gilt full calf boards with marbleised end papers and paste downs, ribbed, titled and indexed spines, Edinburgh: Printed by Andrew Bell, the Proprietor, for Archibald Constable and Company, Edinburgh, and for Vernor, Hood and Sharpe, London, 1810
Estimate $1,000-$1,500
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Provenance:
Ex Libris Commander Benjamin Street, Royal Navy (bookplates)
Note:
Captain Benjamin Street, a prominent Royal Navy officer and the area’s first magistrate, was among the elite, half-pay British military personnel who established the pioneer settlement of March Township. Following the 1819 Ferguson Treaty, the British Crown opened this northern portion of Carleton County along the Ottawa River, issuing substantial free land grants to retired military and naval officers to cultivate the region and secure a loyal local gentry.