Supplement to the fourth and fifth editions of the Encyclopaedia Britannica : illustrated by engravings.
| Uniform Title: | Encyclopaedia Britannica. |
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh :
Printed by George Ramsay and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. ... [and 5 other Publishers in 5 other cities],
1815-1824.
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| Item Description: | Title and imprint from covers. Title pages issued in v. 6, pt. 2, April, 1924. Title pages, v. 6, pt. 2: Supplement to the fourth, fifth, and sixth editions of the Encyclopædia britanica. : With preliminary dissertations on the history of the sciences. : Illustrated by engravings. -- Edinburgh : Printed for Archibald Constable and Company, Edinburgh; and Hurst, Robinson, and Company, London, 1824. Edited by Macvey Napier. Imprint varies; additional publishers, v. 1, pt. 1-v. 2, pt. 1 are Gale and Fenner, London, Thomas Wilson and Sons, York, Robinson, Son, and Holdsworth, Leeds, John Rodford, Hull, and John Cumming, Dublin. Vol. 2, pt. 2 has R. Fenner as London publisher; v. 3, pt. 1 has no London publisher. Vol. 3, pt. 2-v. 6, pt. 2 have Hurst, Robinson and Company as London Publisher and no Leeds publisher. Each volume issued in two parts in printed paper covered publishers' boards with plates bound in at the end of the text of each part. Articles arranged alphabetically by topic; printed in double columns. Directions for placing the plates: p. [651], v. 1, pt. 2; p. [683], v. 2, pt. 2; p. [728], v. 3, pt. 2; p. [711], v. 4, pt. 2; p. [588], v. 5, pt. 2; p. [898], v. 6, pt. 2. Publisher's advertisements: v. 2, pt. 1, first 5 pages; v. 3, pt. 1, first 5 pages; v. 3, pt. 2, octavo leaf tipped in at front and first gathering; v. 4, pt. 1, first leaf and slip tipped in after it; v. 4, pt. 2, first gathering; v. 5, pt. 1, first gathering; v. 5, pt. 2, first leaf; v. 6, pt. 2, first gathering. Errata slip tipped in after p. 256, v. 1, pt. 1; slip concerning number of plates after p. 230, v. 2, pt. 1; slip promising section on double refraction after p. 836, v. 6, pt. 2. Press figures. The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature. |
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| Physical Description: | 6 volumes in 12 parts. : illustrations, maps (2 folded), plates ; 30 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Place of Publication: | Scotland -- Edinburgh. England -- London. England -- York. England -- Leeds. England -- Hull. Ireland -- Dublin. |