Encyclopædia Britannica
Subtitle: or, A dictionary of arts and sciences, compiled upon a new plan : 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
By: by a Society of gentlemen in Scotland.
Contributors: Smellie, William, 1740-1795.; MacFarquhar, Colin, ca. 1745-1793; Bell, Andrew.; Society of gentlemen in Scotland.
Publisher: s.n.
Published: 1968
Place of publication: [Chicago
Language: eng
Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Other titles: Dictionary of arts and sciences, compiled upon a new plan; Encyclopedia Britannica
Notes: Facsim. of original ed. published: Edinburgh : Printed for A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar and sold by Colin Macfarquhar ..., 1771.

Compiled by Andrew Bell, Colin Macfarquhar and William Smellie; edited by William Smellie; issued in 100 parts beginning in 1768. Cf. ESTC.

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

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