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A new edition, corrected, improved, and greatly enlarged : Proposals, by Thomas Dobson, bookseller, at the stone house, in Second Street, Philadelphia, for printing by subscription, Encyclopaedia Britannica: or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature ...

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Main Author:	Dobson, Thomas, 1751-1823
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Series:	Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 45866.
Subjects:	Encyclopaedia Britannica. Publishers and publishing > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia. Prospectuses. Blank forms.
Online Access:	Evans Digital Edition

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