| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 34656. ^A478749 Early American imprints. First series ; no. 36251. ^A478749 |
| General note | Dedicated to the Duke of Bavaria. |
| General note | Frontispiece portrait of Count Rumford engraved by E.C. Trenchard; signed plates in v. 2 engraved by Samuel Hill. |
| General note | Edition statement transposed; precedes volume number on title page. Edition statement of v. 3: A new edition. |
| General note | Vol. 2 dated August, 1799; v. 3 dated 1804. Imprint of v. 3 varies: Boston: Printed for West and Greenleaf, no. 56, Cornhill. 1804. |
| General note | "First issued in parts."--Evans 34656. Essays 1 and 2 of v. 2 were issued in August of 1798. Cf. v. 2, p. 310. |
| General note | Vol. 1: xxiii, [1], 464 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: [18], 196, [6], 199-496 p., 6, 4, [1] folded leaves of plates; v. 3: [2], vii, [17], 94, [5], 98-191, [14], 195-498 p., 8 leaves of plates. |
| General note | Error in paging: v. 1, p. 343 misnumbered 143. |
| General note | Vol. 1 only has half-title. |
| General note | Booksellers' advertisement, v. 3, p. [13], 7th count. |
| References |
Evans 34656 |
| References |
Evans 36251 |
| References |
Shaw & Shoemaker 7212 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic 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. 34656). |
| Reproduction note | Electronic 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. 36251). |
| Genre/form | Booksellers' advertisements Massachusetts Boston. |