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Essays, political, economical, and philosophical. / By Benjamin Count of Rumford, Knight of the orders of the White Eagle, and St. Stanislaus; chamberlain, privy counsellor of state, and lieutenant-general in the service of His Most Serene Highness the Elector Palatine, reigning Duke of Bavaria; colonel of his regiment of artillery, and commander in chief of the general staff of his army; F.R.S. Acad. R. Hiber. Berol. Elec. Boicoe, Palat. et Amer. Soc. ; Vol. I[-III].
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Q113 .R9 1798 v.1-3 (v.1-3)
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rumford, Benjamin, Graf von, 1753-1814.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rumford, Benjamin, Graf von, 1753-1814--Portraits.
- Rumford, Benjamin.
- Rumford, Benjamin, Graf von, 1753-1814.
- Portraits.
- Charities.
- Food.
- Fireplaces.
- Heat.
- Kitchen utensils.
- Essays.
- Munich (Germany)--Poor.
- Munich (Germany).
- Genre:
- Booksellers' advertisements -- Massachusetts -- 19th century.
- Physical Description:
- 3 volumes : illustrations, charts, 1 portrait ; 21 cm (8vo)
- Edition:
- The first American, from the third London, edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston: : Printed by Manning & Loring, for David West. Sold at his book-store, no. 56, Cornhill; by Ebenezer S. Thomas, Charleston, S. Carolina; and by Solomon Cotton & Co. Baltimore., March, 1798[-1804].
- Notes:
- Dedicated to the Duke of Bavaria.
- Frontispiece portrait of Count Rumford engraved by E.C. Trenchard; signed plates in v. 2 engraved by Samuel Hill.
- Edition statement transposed; precedes volume number on title page. Edition statement of v. 3: A new edition.
- Vol. 2, 3 dated August, 1799; 1804. Imprint of v. 3 varies: Boston: Printed for West and Greenleaf, no. 56, Cornhill. 1804.
- ''First issued in parts.''--Evans 34656. Essays 1 and 2 of v. 2 were issued in August of 1798. Cf. v. 2, p. 310.
- Signatures: v. 1, [A]4 B-U4 W4 X-2B4 2C2 2D-2U4 2W4 2X-3N4 3O2; v. 2, pi2 A4 c2 d1 B-U4 W4 X-2Q4 2R1 2S-2U4 2W4 2X-3B4 3C2 3D-3Q4 3R1,2,3; v. 3, pi1 a4 A-U4 W4 X-2A4 chi-2chi4 2C-2U4 2W-3B4 3C4(-3C1) 3D-3Q4 3R2.
- Vol. 1: xxiii, [1], 464 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: [18], 196, [6], 199-496 p., 6, 4, [1] folded leaves of plates; v. 3: [2], vii, [17], 94, [5], 98-191, [14], 195-498 p., 8 leaves of plates.
- Error in paging: v. 1, p. 343 misnumbered 143.
- Booksellers' advertisement, v. 3, p. [13], 7th count.
- Cited in:
- Evans 34656
- Evans 36251
- Shaw & Shoemaker 7212
- OCLC:
- 166610166
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