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Title Encyclopaedia Britannica, or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, &c. ... [microform]

Imprint

Edinburgh : Printed for J. Balfour and co. W. Gordon, J. Bell, J. Dickson, C. Elliot, W. Creech, J. McCliesh, A. Bell, J. Hutton, and C. Macfarquhar,. 1778-83

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe Basement Library of English Literature Microfiche Cabinets	LEL 22220-31	---	Available

Edition	2nd ed. / greatly improved and enlarged.
Description	10 v. : ill., maps (part. fold.) plates (part. fold.)
Series	Library of English literature ; LEL 22220-31
Note	Paged continuously, with irregularities.
	Text in two columns.
	Articles on medicine, pharmacy and optics include indexes.
	"Appendix: containing articles omitted, and others (marked Encycl.) further explained or improved; together with corrections of errors and of wrong references": p. [8996]-9195.
	"List of the principal authors used in compiling the preceding work": [9196]-9200.
	Edited by James Tytler.
	"... issued in separate parts, the first appearing on June 21, 1777, the last on September 18, 1784 - 101 in all, making up ten volumes totaling 8,595 pages."--Herman Kogan. The great EB.
	Three hundred and forty plates engraved by Andrew Bell.
Reproduction	Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, inc., 1976. 12 microfiches : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English literature ; LEL 22220-31)
Note	s 1976 ilu n
Subject	Encyclopedias and dictionaries.
Added Author	Tytler, James, 1745-1805
	Bell, Andrew, 1726-1809