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encyclopedias and dictionaries33
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Bell, Andrew (1726-1809)20
Gleig, George Bishop of Brechin (1753-1840)20
Mcfarquhar, Thomas20
Timbs, John (1801-1875)5
Chambers, Ephraim (1680 (Ca.)-1740)4
Smellie, William (1740-1795)3
Aitchison, Alexander1

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 -...

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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 -...

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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 -...

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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 -...

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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 -...

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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...

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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...

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