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Title: Encyclopaedia Britannica: or, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature
Author: ** Description: 23 volumes comprising Volumes 1-13, 15, 16, & 18 (of 18), plus 7 supplementary volumes. Profusely illustrated with copperplate engravings. (4to) 10½x8¼, period half calf and marbled boards. Third Edition.An early edition, with plates illustrating the various arts and sciences, technology, natural history, mathematics, etc., etc. Heading: zzePlace Published: Edinburgh Publisher: A. Bell and C. MacFarquhar Date Published: 1797 Condition reportAn incomplete set, lacking several volumes. All spines lacking, most boards detached, some foxing. Not comprehensively collated, offered as a collection of plates. Should be examined, sold as is.
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