Chamber's Biographical Dictionary

This reference work is a biographical dictionary, issued in a revised edition edited by T.C. Collocott with J.O. Thorne. First published in 1897 and later expanded, it offers alphabetically arranged short lives of notable people from many countries and periods: rulers, scientists, writers, artists, soldiers, and others likely to be looked up. Entries typically give nationality, dates, occupation, and a compressed account of achievements or notoriety, sometimes with a brief critical remark. The book is a one-volume ready-reference tool, not a set of full biographies. Collocott's revision updates coverage and reallocates space as names enter or leave common enquiry.

Bound in brown morocco with a design in gold and blind by Jeff Clements. Cockerell marbled endleaves.