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21 Vols. Encyclopaedia, or A Dictionary of Arts

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Bindings.- Encyclopædia Britannica (The) or Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General: NO RESERVE Bindings.- Encyclopædia Britannica (The) or Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 21 vol., scattered faint spotting, uniform contemporary half-calf, a little rubbed, 18

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Findlay, Alexander 1828 Map. United States: Copper Engraved Map Published 1828, London for "The Oxford Encyclopaedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature" by Rev. W. Harris, J. A. Stewart, C. Butler, Rev. J. H. Hinton et al.

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Findlay, Alexander 1828 Map. British Dominions in North America. Canada: Copper Engraved Map Published 1828, London for "The Oxford Encyclopaedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature" by Rev. W. Harris, J. A. Stewart, C. Butler, Rev. J. H. Hinton et al.

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Findlay, Alexander 1828 Map. West Indies Caribbean: Copper Engraved Map Published 1828, London for "The Oxford Encyclopaedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature" by Rev. W. Harris, J. A. Stewart, C. Butler, Rev. J. H. Hinton et al.

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Findlay, Alexander 1828 Map. Italy: Copper Engraved Map Published 1828, London for "The Oxford Encyclopaedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature" by Rev. W. Harris, J. A. Stewart, C. Butler, Rev. J. H. Hinton et al.

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Findlay, Alexander 1828 Map. Southern Africa: Copper Engraved Map Published 1828, London for "The Oxford Encyclopaedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature" by Rev. W. Harris, J. A. Stewart, C. Butler, Rev. J. H. Hinton et al.

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Findlay, Alexander 1828 Map. Africa: Copper Engraved Map Published 1828, London for "The Oxford Encyclopaedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature" by Rev. W. Harris, J. A. Stewart, C. Butler, Rev. J. H. Hinton et al.

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Findlay, Alexander 1828 Map. Ireland: Copper Engraved Map Published 1828, London for "The Oxford Encyclopaedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature" by Rev. W. Harris, J. A. Stewart, C. Butler, Rev. J. H. Hinton et al.

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21 Vols. Encyclopaedia, or A Dictionary of Arts

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Twenty-one volumes of "Encyclopaedia, or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature". Thomas Dobson, Philadelphia, 1798. Set includes 18 volumes, with Supplement in 3 volumes. Dobson's "Encyclopaedia" was the first encyclopedia issued in the newly independent United States of America.

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Some scuffing and a few spine edges rubbed and chipped. Various foxing. Some plates are missing in various of the volumes.

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21 Vols. Encyclopaedia, or A Dictionary of Arts

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