Encyclopaedia; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature ... / Compiled from the writings of the best authors, in several languages ... ; Illustrated with five hundred and forty-two copperplates.

Format Electronic
EditionThe first American edition, in eighteen volumes, greatly improved.
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Printed by Thomas Dobson, at the stone house, no 41, South Second Street, M.DCC.XCVIII. [1798] (Copy-right secured according to law.)
Description18 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm (4to)
Supplemental ContentEvans Digital Edition
Subjects
Encyclopedias and dictionaries.

Other author/creatorAkin, James, approximately 1773-1846, engraver.
Other author/creatorAllardice, S. (Samuel), engraver.
Other author/creatorBarker, W. (William), active 1795-1803, engraver.
Other author/creatorBowes, Joseph, engraver.
Other author/creatorClarke, Thomas (Engraver) engraver.
Other author/creatorCreed, William, engraver.
Other author/creatorJones, Benjamin, active 1798-1815, engraver.
Other author/creatorLawson, A. (Alexander), 1773-1846, engraver.
Other author/creatorRalph, William, engraver.
Other author/creatorScot, Robert, 1745-1823 engraver.
Other author/creatorShallus, Francis engraver.
Other author/creatorSmither, James, 1741-1797, engraver.
Other author/creatorThackara, James, 1767-1848 engraver.
Other author/creatorTrenchard, James, 1747- engraver.
Other author/creatorVallance, J. (John), 1770-1823 engraver.
Other author/creatorWeston, Henry W., engraver.
SeriesEarly American imprints. First series ; no. 33676. ^A478749
General noteBased on the third edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, with many articles revised or re-written. Issued in parts, from 1790 to 1797. Title pages to all 18 volumes dated 1798. Cf. Evans 22486. Evans assigns a separate number to each volume as issued, and separate numbers (Evans 33676-33693) to each of the 18 volumes as issued in 1798.
General noteEdition statement transposed; precedes "Illustrated with five hundred and forty-two copperplates." on title page.
General noteParentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription.
References Evans 33676
References Rink, E. Technical Americana, 116
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 33676).
Genre/formDictionaries.

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