Parker & Delaplaine's American edition of the New Edinburgh encyclopaedia / conducted by David Brewster, L.L.D. Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Assisted by upwards of one hundred gentlemen in Europe, most eminent in science and literature. And now improved for the greater satisfaction and better information of the people of the United States, in the civil, religious & natural history of their country in American biography & in the great discoveries in mechanics & the arts.

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Book

Contributor:

Brewster, David, 1781-1868, editor.

Fairman, Gideon, 1774-1827, illustrator.

Edwin, David, 1776-1841, engraver.

Vallance, J. (John), 1770-1823, engraver.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 24929.

Standardized Title:

New Edinburgh encyclopaedia.

Language:

English

Genre:

Encyclopedias.

Publishers' advertisements -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

Physical Description:

36 volumes ; 31 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia. : [Published by Edward Parker and Joseph Delaplaine], [1812-1831]

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Title page engraved.

Cover title varies: The American edition of the New Edinburgh encyclopaedia conducted by David Brewster ... and now improved, for the greater satisfaction and better information of the people of the United States in the civil, religious and natural history of their country in American biography and in the great discoveries in mechanics and the arts.

Title vignette signed: Vignette & writing designed by G. Fairman E.S.A. Vignette engraved by D. Edwin E.S.A. the writing by J. Vallance E.S.A.

Cover imprint (v. 1): Philadelphia: Published by Edward Parker, no. 178, Market-Street, & Joseph Delaplaine, no. 207, North Third Street. Sold by Collins & Co. New-York; Charles Williams, Boston; George J. Patten, Hartford; Beers & Howe, New-Haven; E.F. Backus, Albany; U. Seward, Utica; Daniel Fenton, Trenton; --[i.e., Ann] Moore, Lancaster; John Wyeth, Harrisburg; Alexander & Phillips, Carlisle; John P. Thompson, Fredericktown; Samuel Jefferis, Baltimore; George Shaw, Annapolis; James Kennedy, Sen. Alexandria; William F. Gray, Fredericksburg; Johnson & Warner, Richmond; John W. Campbell, Petersburg; Caleb Bonsal, Norfolk, John Hoff; Charleston; Seymour & Williams, Savannah; George Adams, Augusta; William Wilkinson, Providence, (R.I.); Samuel Green, New-London. William Brown, printer. 1812.

Cover imprint varies from volume to volume; additional booksellers are: Collins & Co., New York; P. Potter, Poughkeepsie; Robert P. and Charles Williams, Boston; Elijah Weems, Raleigh, N.C.; James Kennedy & Son, Alexandria; Samuel S. Wood & Co., Baltimore; Oliver D. Cooke, Hartford; Howe & Spaulding, New Haven; J.B. Parker, Carlisle; Benjamin Warner, Richmond; D. & E. Fenton, Trenton; Hezekiah Howe, New Haven; John Lytle, Georgetown; P. Dougherty, Richmond; W.C. Little, Albany; W.S. Parker, Troy; F. Lucas, Baltimore; W. Williams, Utica; J. Wyeth, Harrisburg.

Numbering follows two schemes, one reflecting the discrete units: nos. 1-36; the other reflecting eighteen volumes with two separate parts for each: Vol. I, Part I-Vol. 18, Part II.

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 24929).

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