Encyclopaedia; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature ...
By: Compiled from the writings of the best authors, in several languages ... ; Illustrated with five hundred and forty-two copperplates. ..
Contributors: Akin, James, ca. 1773-1846, engraver; Allardice, S. engraver; Barker, W. fl. 1795-1803, engraver; Bowes, Joseph, engraver; Clarke, Thomas, engraver, engraver; Creed, William, engraver; Jones, Benjamin, fl. 1798-1815, engraver; Lawson, Alexander, 1773-1846, engraver; Ralph, William, engraver; Scot, Robert, 1744?-1823, engraver; Shallus, Francis, engraver; Smither, James, 1741-1797, engraver; Thackara, James, 1767-1848, engraver; Trenchard, James, b. 1747, engraver; Vallance, J. 1770-1823, engraver; Weston, Henry W., engraver
Edition: The first American edition, in eighteen volumes, greatly improved
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 33676
Publisher: Printed by Thomas Dobson, at the stone house, no 41, South Second Street.
Published: 1798
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 18
Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Notes: Based 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

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Evans 33676

Rink, E.  Technical Americana, 116

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Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 33676)