Chambers’s Encyclopedia (Ten-Volume Set)

Author: –
Binding: Hardback
Published: W. & R. Chambers, 1888

Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket – some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: No markings

This ten-volume reference set presents a sweeping compendium of 19th-century knowledge across science, history, literature, geography, and the arts, instructing readers in the intellectual foundations of the Victorian world. Issued between 1888 and 1892 by W. & R. Chambers, the New Edition refines earlier versions with updated entries, expanded illustrations, and authoritative editorial oversight. It details the prevailing scientific theories, chronicles historical events with imperial precision, and argues for a structured, encyclopedic approach to education and civic understanding. The set illustrates the eras ambition to codify universal knowledge within a rational framework, offering scholars and collectors a richly bound artifact of cultural aspiration. With gilt-lettered spines and uniform presentation, it commands attention as both a research tool and a decorative centrepiece in any serious library.