Note 473 — Chapter XI · WILLIAM CASLON, 1720.
Reading edition
Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of the Arts and Sciences, etc., by E. Chambers, F.R.S., London, 1738. 2 vols., fol. (Caslon’s Specimen faces the article “Letter.”) The first edition of this valuable work—the first repertory of general knowledge published in Britain—appeared in 1728. It subsequently formed the basis of Rees’ Encyclopædia.