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Title: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 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, etc. are explained as they occur in the order of the alphabet. [...] By a society of gentlemen in Scotland.
Description: Edinburgh; printed for A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, [1768]-1771. [Reprint Chicago, Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., 1979]. 3 vols. VIII,697,[1], 1009,[2], 953,[1] pp. 160 reproductions of copperengravings ((including facsimiles, maps, tables; some folded). Three uniform dark brown full leather bindings with 5 raised bands, spine labels in red and black leather, gilt lettered & tooled on the spines. 8vo. - Endpapers with light wear.Authentic replica of the first edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, originally published 1768 - 1771, Edinburgh, Scotland (pages / plates reproduced with the original foxing).

Keywords: Encyclopedia Encyclopedie