Essays, political, economical, and philosophical
By: By Benjamin Count of Rumford, Knight of the orders of the White Eagle, and St. Stanislaus; Chamberlain, Privy Counsellor of State, and lieutenant-general in the service of His Most Serene Highness the Elector Palatine, reigning Duke of Bavaria; colonel of his regiment of artillery, and commander in chief of the general staff of his army; F.R.S. Acad. R. Hiber. Berol. Elec. Boicoe, Palat. et Amer. Soc. ; Vol. I[-III]
Edition: The first American, from the third London, edition.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 34656; Early American imprints -- no. 36251
Publisher: Printed by Manning & Loring, for David West. Sold at his book-store, no. 56, Cornhill; by Ebenezer S. Thomas, Charleston, S. Carolina; and by Solomon Cotton & Co. Baltimore.
Published: 1798
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Subjects: Portraits
Notes: Dedicated to the Duke of Bavaria.

Frontispiece portrait of Count Rumford engraved by E.C. Trenchard; signed plates in v. 2 engraved by Samuel Hill.

Edition statement transposed; precedes volume number on title page. Edition statement of v. 3: A new edition.

Vol. 2 dated August, 1799; v. 3 dated 1804. Imprint of v. 3 varies: Boston: Printed for West and Greenleaf, no. 56, Cornhill. 1804.

"First issued in parts."--Evans 34656. Essays 1 and 2 of v. 2 were issued in August of 1798. Cf. v. 2, p. 310.

Signatures: v. 1, [A]⁴ B-U⁴ W⁴ X-2B⁴ 2C² 2D-2U⁴ 2W⁴ 2X-3N⁴ 3O²; v. 2, pi² A⁴ c² d1 B-U⁴ W⁴ X-2Q⁴ 2R1 2S-2U⁴ 2W⁴ 2X-3B⁴ 3C² 3D-3Q⁴ 3R1,2,3; v. 3, pi1 a⁴ A-U⁴ W⁴ X-2A⁴ chi-2chi⁴ 2C-2U⁴ 2W-3B⁴ 3C⁴(-3C1) 3D-3Q⁴ 3R².

Vol. 1: xxiii, [1], 464 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: [18], 196, [6], 199-496 p., 6, 4, [1] folded leaves of plates; v. 3: [2], vii, [17], 94, [5], 98-191, [14], 195-498 p., 8 leaves of plates.

Error in paging: v. 1, p. 343 misnumbered 143.

Vol. 1 only has half-title.

Booksellers' advertisement, v. 3, p. [13], 7th count.

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