Encyclopaedia Britannica : or, A dictionary of arts and sciences : compiled upon a new plan, in which the different sciences and arts are digested into distinct treaties or systems ; and the various technical terms &c. are explained as they occur in the order of the alphabet ; illustrated with one hundred and sixty copperplates [Encyclopedia]

By a society of gentlemen in Scotland ; Smellie, William, 1740-1795. ; engravings by Bell, Andrew, 1726-1809. Bell, Andrew, 1726-1809.; Macfarquhar, Colin, 1745?-1793.

Verlag: Edinburgh : A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1771, c1979, 1979

Beschreibung

3 volumes :160 plates (including facsimiles, maps, music; some folded) ; 27 cm ; by a society of gentlemen in Scotland.; LC: AE5.E3631771 ; OCLC: 277954529 ; 5 raised bands, spine labels in red and black leather, with decorations and lettering in gold, rubric textblock ; an exact facsimile of a 3-volume set of the 1st edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, reproducing the plates, with foxing ; "For three years, sections of the encyclopaedia were issued periodically. The first two numbers came in December, 1768 . The first volume ('Aa' to 'Bzo') was completed and bound in 1769, the second ('Caaba' to 'Lythrum') a year later and the third ('Macao' to 'Zyglophyllum') in 1771"--Herman Kogan, The great EB./ Edited by William Smellie, who was employed by Colin Macfarquhar, publisher, and Andrew Bell, engraver./ "In order to give some idea of the materials of which this dictionary is composed, we shall conclude the preface with a list of the principal authors made use of in the compilation."--Preface.; thick, heavy volumes ; FINE. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 007446

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Encyclopaedia Britannica : or, A dictionary ...

Verlag: Edinburgh : A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1771, c1979

Erscheinungsdatum: 1979

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Art des Buches: Book