Encyclopædia Britannica; or, A dictionary of arts and sciences, compiled upon a new plan.
Subtitle: In which the different sciences and arts are digested into distinct treatises 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.
By: by a Society of Gentlemen in Scotland. ; In three volumes.
Contributors: Smellie, William, 1740-1795; Society of Gentlemen in Scotland.
Publisher: Printed for A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar; and sold by Colin Macfarquhar ...
Published: 1771
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries.
Notes: Edited by William Smellie; issued in 100 parts beginning in 1768. Cf. ESTC.

With 160 leaves of plates (some folded), engraved by Andrew Bell.

Bibliography: v. 1, p. [vii]-viii.

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