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ref. 100-14901Encyclopaedia Britannica. Hardcover. New. Encyclopaedia Britannica hardcover
ref. 100-14878Encyclopaedia Britannica. Hardcover. Good. Good condition with wear and markings. Ex-library. Encyclopaedia Britannica hardcover
ref. 100-14869Encyclopaedia Britannica. Hardcover. Good. Good condition with wear and markings. Ex-library. Encyclopaedia Britannica hardcover
ref. 100-14897Encyclopaedia Britannica. Hardcover. Good. Good condition with wear and markings. Ex-library. Encyclopaedia Britannica hardcover
ref. 100-14903Encyclopaedia Britannica. Hardcover. Good. Good condition with wear and markings. Ex-library. Encyclopaedia Britannica hardcover
ref. 100-14875Encyclopaedia Britannica. Hardcover. Good. Good condition with wear and markings. Ex-library. Encyclopaedia Britannica hardcover
ref. 100-14874Encyclopaedia Britannica. Hardcover. Good. Good condition with wear and markings. Ex-library. Encyclopaedia Britannica hardcover
ref. 100-14892Encyclopaedia Britannica. Hardcover. Good. Good condition with wear and markings. Ex-library. Encyclopaedia Britannica hardcover
ref. 100-14885Encyclopaedia Britannica. Hardcover. New. Encyclopaedia Britannica hardcover
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ref. 100-14873Encyclopaedia Britannica. Hardcover. Good. Good condition with wear and markings. Ex-library. Encyclopaedia Britannica hardcover
ref. 100-14868Encyclopaedia Britannica. Hardcover. Good. Good condition with wear and markings. Ex-library. Encyclopaedia Britannica hardcover
ref. 100-14889Encyclopaedia Britannica. Hardcover. Good. Good condition with wear and markings. Ex-library. Encyclopaedia Britannica hardcover
ref. 100-14899Encyclopaedia Britannica. Hardcover. Good. Good condition with wear and markings. Ex-library. Encyclopaedia Britannica hardcover
ref. 100-14888Encyclopaedia Britannica. Hardcover. Good. Good condition with wear and markings. Ex-library. Encyclopaedia Britannica hardcover
ref. 100-14893Encyclopaedia Britannica. Hardcover. Good. Good condition with wear and markings. Ex-library. Encyclopaedia Britannica hardcover
ref. 100-14883Encyclopaedia Britannica. Hardcover. Good. Good condition with wear and markings. Ex-library. Encyclopaedia Britannica hardcover
ref. 100-14887Encyclopaedia Britannica. Hardcover. New. Encyclopaedia Britannica hardcover
ref. 100-14870Encyclopaedia Britannica. Hardcover. Good. Good condition with wear and markings. Ex-library. Encyclopaedia Britannica hardcover
ref. 100-14877Encyclopaedia Britannica. Hardcover. Good. Good condition with wear and markings. Ex-library. Encyclopaedia Britannica hardcover
ref. 100-14890Encyclopaedia Britannica. Hardcover. Good. Good condition with wear and markings. Ex-library. Encyclopaedia Britannica hardcover
ref. 100-14882Encyclopaedia Britannica. Hardcover. Good. Good condition with wear and markings. Ex-library. Encyclopaedia Britannica hardcover
1975ref. 50-16111Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc 1975-01-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc hardcover
1773ref. 68280London: Printed for John Donaldson 1773. ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA. 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. Illustrated with one hundred and sixty copperplates. By a Society of Gentlemen in Scotland. In three volumes. London: Printed for John Donaldson 1773. First London edition. This is an issue which uses the sheets of the first edition published in Edinburgh in 1771 with new preliminaries and a new preface made for the London audience. Three quarto volumes 10 1/4 x 8 inches; 260 x 204 mm. With 155 of 160 engraved copperplates some of which are folding and some have been hand-colored. Some plates are bound out of sequence. Vol I with 58 plates Vol II with 55 of 56 plates and Vol III with 42 of 46 plates. Volume II is missing plate #63 and Volume III is missing plates 111 112 113 and 115. Plates 111-113 are the plates on Midwifery which are often lacking as people would extract them because they portray graphic scenes of childbirth. Each volume with half-title. This edition is edited by William Smellie. and the engravings are by Andrew Bell. We could find only one complete copy at auction since 1966. Bound in contemporary full mottled calf. Spines with some restoration. Morocco spine labels Spines elaborately stamped in gilt and with a red and brown spine morocco label on each volume. Board edges tooled in gilt. Gilt dentelles. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown of each volume. Old ink ownership signature on front free endpaper of all volumes. Vol. I with a small tear to upper margin not affecting text. on page 469 and some occasional minor dampstaining to fore-edge margin not touching text. Vol. II with a repair to the crease of page one of the folding chemistry table. Generally pages are very clean. Overall a very lovely set. "The most famous of all encyclopaedias in the English language was sponsored by 'a Society of Gentlemen in Scotland'.The Edinburgh 'society' could well have consisted only of the editor the antiquarian William Smellie 1740-95 the engraver Andrew Bell 1726-1809 and the printer Colin Macfarquhar died 1793.The subtitle implicitly acknowledges the editor's indebtedness to Harris and Chambers though later on in the third edition of 1801 the dedication to the King sought to create the impression that the Britannica had been conceived as a means 'to counteract the tendency of anarchy and atheism of that pestiferous work' the French Encyclopédie of Diderot. In fact Smellie defined its purpose far more sensibly and convincingly in the preface of the first edition: 'Utility ought to be the principal intention of every publication'. The Encyclopaedia Britannica appeared first in numbers.1768-71. The precedent of Moréri and Bayle was followed when the second edition 1778-83 included history and biography.From the supplement to the fifth edition 1816-24 onward the Encyclopaedia Britannica following the example of the Encyclopédie appended the signatures of the contributors of articles of original value.and leading scholars and men of letters of all nations have continued to lend the lustre of their names to all subsequent editions" Printing and the Mind of Man. Printing and the Mind of Man 218. ESTC: N471190 HBS 68280. $20000. Printed for John Donaldson unknown
ref. 114979383X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
