The early Britannica  (1768-1803)
Subtitle: the growth of an outstanding encyclopedia
By: edited by Frank A. Kafker and Jeff Loveland.
Contributors: Kafker, Frank A.; Loveland, Jeff.
Series: SVEC -- 2009:10; SVEC -- 2009:10.
Publisher: Voltaire Foundation
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
ISBN-13: 9780729409810
Subjects: Encyclopaedia Britannica; Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-333) and index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-333) and index.
Table of contents: title: William Smellie's edition (1768-1771) : a modest start / Frank A. Kafker and Jeff Loveland; title: James Tytler's edition (1777-1784) : a vast expansion and improvement / Kathleen Hardesty Doig [et al.] ...; title: Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig and possibly James Tytler's edition (1788-1797) : the attainment of recognition and eminence / Kathleen Hardesty Doig ... [et al.]; title: George Gleig's Supplement to the third edition (1801-1803) : learned and combative / Kathleen Hardesty Doig, Frank A. Kafker and Jeff Loveland; title: Epilogue: the tortoise and the hare: the longevity of the Encyclopaedia Britannica and the Encyclopédie compared / Frank A. Kafker.