> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 630](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190101) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8230-1) LSID 8230-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q922838) QID Q922838 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Rees, Abraham (1763-1825), British encyclopaedist; student and subsequently tutor at the Hoxton Academy for \[protestant\] Dissenting Ministers near London; from 1768 pastor of the Presbyterian congregation, Southwark, from 1783 minister in London (congregation of Jewin Street). **Abbreviated name**: *Rees* \[standard form in IPNI: *Rees*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography BM 4: 1662; Bret. p. 208; Henrey 2: 737 \[index\]; Herder p. 88; Kew 4: 433; PR 7460, ed. 1: 9726; Rehder 1: 33; RS p. 136; SK 4: ccviii; SO 286a; TL-1/1046; Tucker 1: 586. #### Biofile - Allibone, S.A., Crit. dict. Engl. lit. 2: 1761. 1878. - Anon., Gentleman's Magazine, London, 95(2): 181-184. 1825 (obit.). - Collison, R., Encyclopaedias: their history throughout the ages. New York & London, Hafner Publishing Company 1966, ed. 2, p. 109. - Francis, J.W., Old New York; or reminiscences of the past sixty years... New York, Charles Roe, 1858, p. 158-160 (on American ed. of Cycl.; changes in some theological articles). - Jackson, B.D., J. Bot. 15: 107-108. 1877, 18: 87. 1880, 34: 307-311, 376. 1896 (dating; superseded by Pestana 1979); also, The dates of publication of the various volumes of the Cyclopaedia edited by Rev. A. Rees, London 1880, 2 p., and an attempt to ascertain the actual dates of publication... Rees's Cyclopaedia, London 1895. (See below). - Nangle, B.C., The Monthy Magazine, first series, indexes 1934, p. 36. - Pestana, H.R., J. Soc. Bibl. nat. Hist. 9(3): 353-361. 1979 (Rees' Cycl. a sourcebook for the history of geology; precise dating). - Poggendorff, J.C., Biogr.-lit. Handw.-Buch 2: 586. 1863 (d. 19 Jun 1825). - Smith, J.E., Mem. 1: 489. 1832 ("5000 copies sell..."). - Walsh, S.P., Anglo-american general encyclopedias. A historical bibliography 1703-1967, New York, London, R.R. Bowker Company 1968, p. 38-39, 104, 174, 229. #### Eponymy *Reesia* Ewart (1913) honors Bertha Rees, lecturer on botany at the University of Melbourne, Australia. ### Publications ##### n.8755. The Cyclopaedia **Title** *The Cyclopaedia*; or, universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature by Abraham Rees,... With the assistance of eminent professional gentlemen. Illustrated with numerous engravings by the most distinguished artists. In thirty-nine volumes... London (printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown,...) \[1802-\] 1819-1820. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Cycl.* **Notes** *Authors of botanical items*: Rev. William Wood (1745-1808), bot. art. as far as *Cyperus*, subsequent articles (botanical as well as bot.-biographical; 3.405 articles): Sir James Edward Smith (1759-1828), some by Rev. William Fitt Drake (1786-1874), medical botany by H. Woodville (fide BM; William Woodville, 1752-1805?). The articles by J.E. Smith are signed "S". *Publ*.: in 79 parts, listed below in agreement with the data provided by Pestana (1979). The volumes have no regular pagination; we cite signatures. *Copies*: ILL (inf. D.P. Rogers), M, US, USDA; IDC 495. *1*: portr., \[i\]-viii, sign. B-Z, Aa-Zz, 3A-3Z, 4A-4Z, 5A-5L(6) (note: the letters J and V are not used in the signature alphabet). – The (6) in parentheses indicates the number of pages with text on the last signature. – *Text*: see table below. *2*: \[i-iii\], sign. B-Z, Aa-Zz, 3A-3Z, 4A-4Z, 5A-5L(4). *3*: \[i-iii\], sign. B-Z, Aa-Zz, 3A-3Z, 4A-4Z, 5A-5O(6). *4*: \[i-iii\], sign. B-Z, Aa-Zz, 3A-3Z, 4A-4Z, 5A-5G, 5H(1). *5*: \[i-iii\], sign. 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(numbers even more confused; these "Quadrupeds"), 2 of whales; *pl. 1-2, 2, 3-9*; *1-2, 5-6, 6, 7, 9*; *1-5, 5, 7, 8*; *1-9*; *2, 80*, \[*3*\], *4-6, 10, 7*, \[*8*\], *20*; *1-4*; *1, 1, 8-9, 6, 2, 5, 4, 3, 7, 6*; *1-2*; *1-2*; *1-5, 7-9, 10/11, 11-13*; *1-4*; *3-5, 5-6*; *1-2, 3/4/5, 6-7*; *1-12, 12-15*; *1-4, 8*; *1*; *1*; *1*; *1-3, 11, 13*; *1-4*; *1-5, 10*; *1-2, 3/4/5, 6-7*; *1/2/3, 4-6, 4, 7, 3, 2, 5*; *1-8, 3, 9-10, 11A, 11B, 12, 13, 14*; *1, 16, 17*, \[*18-19*\]; \[*1*\], *2-5*; *1-2*; *1*; *1-3, 8*; *1, 6/7, 8, 5*; *1-2*; *1*, \[*1*\*\]; *2, 3, 4, 5*, \[*6*\] \[Botany\]; *1-2* \[fungi\]; *1-9* \[Botany\], *1-2* \[Botany\]; *1-2*; *1/2, 4/5*; *1-4*; \[*1*\*\]; *1*; *1-2, 4-7*. *Plates 6*: \[i-iii\], 61 maps. |vol. |sect. |part |contents |dates| |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- | |1 |I |1 |A-Agoge |2 Jan 1802| | |II |2 |Agogliastro-Amaranthoides |4 Mai 1802| |2 |I |3 |Amaranthus-Antimony |18 Oct 1802| | |II |4 |Antimony-Arteriotomy |7 Apr 1803| |3 |I |5 |Artery-Babel-mendeb |22 Sep 1803| | |II |6 |Babenhausen-Battersea |17 Mar 1804| |4 |I |7 |Battery-Point-Biörnstall |17 Aug 1804| | |II |8 |Biot-Bookbinding |13 Apr 1805| |5 |I |9 |Bookkeeping-Brunia |1 Jun 1805| | |II |10 |Brunia-Calvart |26 Dec 1805| |6 |I |11 |Calvary-Cape of Good Hope |18 Feb 1806| | |II |12 |Cape of Good Hope-Castra |17 Jun 1806| |7 |I |13 |Castramentation-Chalk |1 Oct 1806| | |II |14 |Chalk-Chronology |9 Feb 1807| |8 |I |15 |Chronometer-Clavaria |18 Mai 1807| | |II |16 |Clavaria-Colisseum |10 Aug 1807| |9 |I |17 |Collision-Congregation |27 Nov 1807| | |II |18 |Congregation-Corne |8 Mar 1808| |10 |I |19 |Cornea-Croisade |2 Mai 1808| | |II |20 |Croisade-Czyrcassy |2 Jul 1808| |11 |I |21 |D-Deluge |23 Sep 1808| | |II |22 |Deluge-Dissimilitude |3 Dec 1808| |12 |I |23 |Dissimulation-Dynamics |14 Feb 1809| | |II |24 |Dynamics-Eloanx |12 Mai 1809| |13 |I |25 |Elocution-Equation |18 Aug 1809| | |II |26 |Equation-Extremum |25 Nov 1809| |14 |I |27 |Extrinsic-Fibro-cartilage |3 Feb 1810| | |II |28 |Fibro-cartilage-Food |13 Apr 1810| |15 |I |29 |Food-Froberger |23 Jun 1810| | |II |30 |Frobisher-Generation |8 Oct 1810| |16 |I |31 |Generation-Gniewe |29 Nov 1810| | |II |32 |Gnoien-Gretna-Green |25 Jan 1811| |17 |I |33 |Gretry-Hatfield-Regis |8 Mar 1811| | |II |34 |Hatfield-Regis-Hilbe |22 Apr 1811| |18 |I |35 |Hibiscus-Huysum |3 Jun 1811| | |II |36 |Huzanka-Increment |20 Aug 1811| |19 |I |37 |Increment-Josephus |14 Sep 1811| | |II |38 |Josephus-Kilmes |16 Dec 1811| |20 |I |39 |Kiln-Laurenberg |27 Jan 1812| | |II |40 |Laurenberg-Lights |19 Mar 1812| |21 |I |41 |Lighthouse-Longitude |12 Mai 1812| | |II |42 |Longitude-Machinery, pl. A |27 Jul 1812| |22 |I |43 |Machinery-Manganese |27 Aug 1812| | |II |44 |Manganese-Mattheson |4 Nov 1812| |23 |I |45 |Matthew-Metals |11 Dec 1812| | |II |46 |Metals-Monsoon |9 Feb 1813| |24 |I |47 |Monster-Muscle |30 Mar 1813| | |II |48 |Muscle-Newton |26 Apr 1813| |25 |I |49 |Newtonian-Oleinae |15 Jul 1813| | |II |50 |Oleinae-Ozunicze, pl. B |15 Sep 1813| |26 |I |51 |P–Passiflora |27 Nov 1813| | |II |52 |Passiflora-Pertubation |18 Jan 1814| |27 |I |53 |Pertussis-Picus |22 Mar 1814| | |II |54 |Picus-Poetics |7 Mai 1814| |28 |I |55 |Poetry-Preaching |14 Jul 1814| | |II |56 |Preaching-Punjoor |16 Sep 1814| |29 |I |57 |Punishment-Ram, pl. C |14 Dec 1814| | |II |58 |Ram-Repton |26 Jan 1815| |30 |I |59 |Republic-Rock |21 Mar 1815| | |II |60 |Rock-Rzemien |1 Jun 1815| |31 |I |61 |S-Sarabanda |11 Jul 1815| | |II |62 |Sarabanda-Scotium, pl. D |21 Sep 1815| |32 |I |63 |Scotland-Shammy |22 Dec 1815| | |II |64 |Shammy-Sindy |28 Feb 1816| |33 |I |65 |Sine-Sound |17 Mai 1816| | |II |66 |Sound-Starboard |27 Jul 1816| |34 |I |67 |Starch-Stuart |26 Oct 1816| | |II |68 |Stuart-Szydlow |11 Dec 1816| |35 |I |69 |T-Testudo |19 Mar 1817| | |II |70 |Testudo-Toleration |1 Mai 1817| |36 |I |71 |Tolerium-Tumours |13 Aug 1817| | |II |72 |Tumours-Vermelho |24 Oct 1817| |37 |I |73 |Vermes-Union |20 Dec 1817| | |II |74 |Union-Wateeoo |23 Mar 1818| |38 |I |75 |Water-Whitby |29 Mai 1818| | |II |76 |Whitby-Wren |30 Jul 1818| |39 |I |77 |Wren-Zyto: Aam-Baldwin, pl. E |30 Dec 1818| | |II |78 |Baldwin-Zolliker, titl., ol. D |27 Oct 1819| | |III |79 |Titles, preface, plates |29 Jul 1820| *American ed*.: 1806-18.., 41 vols., 83 parts. *Copies*: NY, PH. – "*The Cyclopaedia*";... artists. *First American edition*, revised, corrected, enlarged, and adapted to this country, by several literary and scientific charaters... 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A-Z, 2A-2Z, 3A-3Z, 4A-U(5). *Alph. list plates*: p. \[1\]-100. *Plates 1*: \[i-iii\], *236 pl*. *Plates 2*: \[i-iii\], *pl. 1-4, 1-4, 1-7, 1-2*, \[5\], 5, *3, 11, 9, 7, 2-7*, map, *1, 1-3, 1-2, 1, 1-11*, \[*11a*\],*11/12, 13/14, 14*, \[*14a*\], *15-17, 20-21*, and *169* other pl. *Plates 3*: \[i-iii\], *193 pl*. *Plates 4*: \[i-iii\], *198 pl*. *Plates* 5: \[i-iii\], *262 pl*. (natural history). *Plates 6*: \[i-iii\], 61 maps. *Copies*: PH, US. ##### n.8756. An attempt to ascertain the actual dates of publication of the **Title** *An attempt to ascertain the actual dates of publication of the* various parts of *Rees's Cyclopaedia* by Benjamin Daydon Jackson. London (Pewtress & Co.,...) 1895. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Dec 1895 (p. 4: 4 Dec 1895), p. \[1\]-7. *Copy*: USDA. – For other papers on Rees' Cyclopaedia by Jackson see above, *biofile*. The dates given by Jackson are now superseded by those given by Pestana (1979).