Essays, political, economical, and philosophical / By Benjamin Count of Rumford, Knight of the orders of the White Eagle, and St. Stanislaus; Chamberlain, Privy Counsellor of State, and lieutenant-general in the service of His Most Serene Highness the Elector Palatine, reigning Duke of Bavaria; colonel of his regiment of artillery, and commander in chief of the general staff of his army; F.R.S. Acad. R. Hiber. Berol. Elec. Boicoe, Palat. et Amer. Soc. ; Vol. I[-III].

Author/creator Rumford, Benjamin
Other author Trenchard, Edward C., approximately 1777- engraver.
Other author Hill, Samuel, approximately 1766-1804, engraver.
Format Electronic
EditionThe first American, from the third London, edition.
Publication InfoBoston : Printed by Manning & Loring, for David West. Sold at his book-store, no. 56, Cornhill; by Ebenezer S. Thomas, Charleston, S. Carolina; and by Solomon Cotton & Co. Baltimore, March, 1798[-1804]
Description3 volumes : illustrations, charts, 1 portrait ; 22 cm (8vo)
Supplemental ContentEvans Digital Edition
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SeriesEarly American imprints. First series ; no. 34656. ^A478749
Early American imprints. First series ; no. 36251. ^A478749
General noteDedicated to the Duke of Bavaria.
General noteFrontispiece portrait of Count Rumford engraved by E.C. Trenchard; signed plates in v. 2 engraved by Samuel Hill.
General noteEdition statement transposed; precedes volume number on title page. Edition statement of v. 3: A new edition.
General noteVol. 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 noteVol. 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 noteError in paging: v. 1, p. 343 misnumbered 143.
General noteVol. 1 only has half-title.
General noteBooksellers' advertisement, v. 3, p. [13], 7th count.
References Evans 34656
References Evans 36251
References Shaw & Shoemaker 7212
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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. 34656).
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. 36251).
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