Encyclopaedia metropolitana
Subtitle: or, Universal dictionary of knowledge, comprising the twofold advantage of a philosophical and an alphabetical arrangement, with appropriate engravings
By: Edited by Edward Smedley, Hugh James Rose, and Henry John Rose.
Contributors: Smedley, Edward, 1789-1836.; Rose, Hugh James, 1795-1838.; Rose, Henry John, 1800-1873.; Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834.
Publisher: B. Fellowes
Published: 1845
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 30
Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries.
Notes: Originally issued in 59 parts, 1817-45.

Vol. 1 includes the "General introduction; or, A preliminary treatise on method" by S. T. Coleridge (first published in 1818, reissued in several editions, with varying titles).
Table of contents: title: v. 1-2. Pure sciences. - v. 3-8. Mixed sciences. - v. 9-13.  History and biography. - v. 14-26. Miscellaneous and lexicographical. - v. (27)-(29) Plates. - v. (30) Index.