Edité par Chicago : Encyclopædia Britannica, 1979
Vendeur : MW Books, New York, NY, Etats-Unis
Facsimile Edition. Very good set in the original gilt-blocked leather; with red gilt-blocked labels to spine. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges; light foxing scattered internally. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 3 volumes, 160 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm. + 1 slip. Notes; Date is suggested. Facsimile of the 1st edition: Edinburgh : Printed by A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar and sold by Collin Macfarquhar, 1769-1771. Slip: "The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica was issued serially in sections from 1768 tp 1771." Contents; Vol. 1. A-B -- vol. 2. C-L -- vol. 3. M-Z. Subjects; 1701-1800. Encyclopedias and dictionaries. 1 Kg.
Edité par Edinburgh : A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1771, c1979, 1979
Vendeur : Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Fine. No Jacket. 3 volumes :160 plates (including facsimiles, maps, music; some folded) ; 27 cm ; by a society of gentlemen in Scotland.; LC: AE5.E3631771 ; OCLC: 277954529 ; 5 raised bands, spine labels in red and black leather, with decorations and lettering in gold, rubric textblock ; an exact facsimile of a 3-volume set of the 1st edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, reproducing the plates, with foxing ; "For three years, sections of the encyclopaedia were issued periodically. The first two numbers came in December, 1768 . The first volume ('Aa' to 'Bzo') was completed and bound in 1769, the second ('Caaba' to 'Lythrum') a year later and the third ('Macao' to 'Zyglophyllum') in 1771"--Herman Kogan, The great EB./ Edited by William Smellie, who was employed by Colin Macfarquhar, publisher, and Andrew Bell, engraver./ "In order to give some idea of the materials of which this dictionary is composed, we shall conclude the preface with a list of the principal authors made use of in the compilation."--Preface.; thick, heavy volumes ; FINE. Book.
Edité par Chicago : Encyclopædia Britannica, 1979
Vendeur : MW Books Ltd., Galway, Irlande
Facsimile Edition. Very good set in the original gilt-blocked leather; with red gilt-blocked labels to spine. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges; light foxing scattered internally. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 3 volumes, 160 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm. + 1 slip. Notes; Date is suggested. Facsimile of the 1st edition: Edinburgh : Printed by A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar and sold by Collin Macfarquhar, 1769-1771. Slip: "The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica was issued serially in sections from 1768 tp 1771." Contents; Vol. 1. A-B -- vol. 2. C-L -- vol. 3. M-Z. Subjects; 1701-1800. Encyclopedias and dictionaries. 1 Kg.