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 |
| Edition | The first American, from the third London, edition. |
| Publication Info | Boston : 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] |
| Description | 3 volumes : illustrations, charts, 1 portrait ; 22 cm (8vo) |
| Supplemental Content | Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. Second series no. 7212. ^A575643 |
| 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 |
| References | Rink, E. Technical Americana, 2899 |
| 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., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 7212). |
| Genre/form | Booksellers' advertisements Massachusetts Boston. |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |