<p>3 volumes - complete set. Fine hardcovers bound in dark brown leatherette with gilt spinal lettering. Almost An exact facsimile of the First Edition, originally published in Edinburgh in 1771. Reproduces all of the original 160 copper plates and foldout tables and also reproduces the slight page foxing of the original copy. Although no date or place of publication is given other than the original date and place of publication (1771, Edinburgh), this is a 3-volume facsimile edition published in 1971 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the publication of the original edition. Subtitled "A Dictionary of Arts and Sciences Compiled Upon a New Plan in which the different Sciences and Arts are Digeted into Distinct Treaties or Systems; And the Various Technical Terms, etc., are explained as they occur in the order of the Alphabet.".</p>

Encyclopedia Britannica Facsimile First Edition (3 Volumes)

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Encyclopædia Britannica

Full Title: "Encyclopaedia Britannica: or a Dictionary of Arts and Sciences Compiled Upon a New Plan in Which the Different Sciences and Arts are Digested into Distinct Treatises or Systems and the Various Technical Terms & Are Explained as They Occur in the Order of the Alphabet Illustrated with One Hundred and Sixty Copperplates by a Society of Gentlemen in Scotland in Three Volumes, Vol. I - II - III.". Other information from title page: "Edinburgh: Printed for Andrew Bell and Colin MacFarquahar and fold by Colin MacFarquhar at his printing office, Nicolson Street, MDCCLXXI.". [Text From Title Page]. Complete Brown Leatherbound in 3 Huge books, Weight: 15 Pounds (Lbs.), 2460 Pages Total, 1971 Facsimile Replica 200th Anniversary Edition, Limited Collector's Item. Rare Book Set, Rare Edition.

Encyclopaedia Britannica or, a Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Compiled Upon a New Plan

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A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar

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Encyclopedia Britannica Facsimile First Edition (3 Volumes)

Encyclopaedia Britannica or, a Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Compiled Upon a New Plan