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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or universal dictionary of knowledge, collected from every source; and intended to supersede the use of all other English books of reference. Illustrated with plates and maps. In twenty-three volumes (v.23)
Aitchison, Alexander
[1806]
Plates 1-100 bound in at end of vol.23, and rest of plates form a separate vol.
Cyclopædia : or, An universal dictionary of arts and sciences... The whole intended as a course of antient and modern learning, extracted from the best authors, dictionaries, journals, memoirs. transactions, ephemerides, &c. in several languages (v.1)
Chambers, Ephraim (1680 (ca.)-1740)
1738
Tail-pieces. Vol. 1: A-K; -- Vol. 2: L-Z. Except for the preliminaries, there is no pagination. The illustrations are the same as in the first edition. Plate 10 (as well as 2 and 19) is unnumber...
Cyclopædia : or, An universal dictionary of arts and sciences... The whole intended as a course of antient and modern learning, extracted from the best authors, dictionaries, journals, memoirs. transactions, ephemerides, &c. in several languages (v.1)
Chambers, Ephraim (1680 (ca.)-1740)
1738
Tail-pieces. Vol. 1: A-K; -- Vol. 2: L-Z. Except for the preliminaries, there is no pagination. The illustrations are the same as in the first edition. Plate 10 (as well as 2 and 19) is unnumber...
Cyclopædia : or, An universal dictionary of arts and sciences... The whole intended as a course of antient and modern learning, extracted from the best authors, dictionaries, journals, memoirs. transactions, ephemerides, &c. in several languages (v.2)
Chambers, Ephraim (1680 (ca.)-1740)
1738
Tail-pieces. Vol. 1: A-K; -- Vol. 2: L-Z. Except for the preliminaries, there is no pagination. The illustrations are the same as in the first edition. Plate 10 (as well as 2 and 19) is unnumber...
Cyclopædia : or, An universal dictionary of arts and sciences... The whole intended as a course of antient and modern learning, extracted from the best authors, dictionaries, journals, memoirs. transactions, ephemerides, &c. in several languages (v.2)
Chambers, Ephraim (1680 (ca.)-1740)
1738
Tail-pieces. Vol. 1: A-K; -- Vol. 2: L-Z. Except for the preliminaries, there is no pagination. The illustrations are the same as in the first edition. Plate 10 (as well as 2 and 19) is unnumber...
Knowledge for the people, or, The plain why and because : familiarizing subjects of useful curiosity and amusing research (pts.1,3,6,11,5,7,10)
Timbs, John (1801-1875)
1831-2
The title-pages at the beginning of each volume refer (not to the contents in sequence as bound, but) to a proposed binding, as follows: Domestic series (pts.1,3,6,11); Popular chemistry - Mechanics -...
Knowledge for the people, or, The plain why and because : familiarizing subjects of useful curiosity and amusing research (pt.1-4)
Timbs, John (1801-1875)
1831-2
The title-pages at the beginning of each volume refer (not to the contents in sequence as bound, but) to a proposed binding, as follows: Domestic series (pts.1,3,6,11); Popular chemistry - Mechanics -...
Knowledge for the people, or, The plain why and because : familiarizing subjects of useful curiosity and amusing research (pt.5-8)
Timbs, John (1801-1875)
1831-2
The title-pages at the beginning of each volume refer (not to the contents in sequence as bound, but) to a proposed binding, as follows: Domestic series (pts.1,3,6,11); Popular chemistry - Mechanics -...
Knowledge for the people, or, The plain why and because : familiarizing subjects of useful curiosity and amusing research (pt.9-12)
Timbs, John (1801-1875)
1831-2
The title-pages at the beginning of each volume refer (not to the contents in sequence as bound, but) to a proposed binding, as follows: Domestic series (pts.1,3,6,11); Popular chemistry - Mechanics -...
Knowledge for the people, or, The plain why and because : familiarizing subjects of useful curiosity and amusing research (pt.13-16)
Timbs, John (1801-1875)
1831-2
The title-pages at the beginning of each volume refer (not to the contents in sequence as bound, but) to a proposed binding, as follows: Domestic series (pts.1,3,6,11); Popular chemistry - Mechanics -...
Encyclopaedia Britannica, or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature : constructed on a plan, by which the different sciences and arts are digested into the form of distinct treatises or systems (v.1)
Bell, Andrew (1726-1809); McFarquhar, Thomas; Gleig, George Bishop of Brechin (1753-1840)
1797
"Illustrated with five hundred and forty-two copperplates." Errata in Astronomy, vol. 2, part 2: p. [1] at end; "Omissions": v. 4, p. [1], last group; v. 8: p. [1] at end; v. 9: p. [1] at end; v. 11...
Encyclopaedia Britannica, or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature : constructed on a plan, by which the different sciences and arts are digested into the form of distinct treatises or systems (v.2)
Bell, Andrew (1726-1809); McFarquhar, Thomas; Gleig, George Bishop of Brechin (1753-1840)
1797
"Illustrated with five hundred and forty-two copperplates." Errata in Astronomy, vol. 2, part 2: p. [1] at end; "Omissions": v. 4, p. [1], last group; v. 8: p. [1] at end; v. 9: p. [1] at end; v. 11...