; 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, etc., are explained as they occur in the order of the alphabet,
/ by a society of gentlemen in Scotland. Edinburgh, Printed for A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar
; sold by C. Macfarquhar, 1771.
[Chicago
: Encyclopaedia Britannica
, 1968]
3 v.
: 160 plates (incl. facsims., maps, music; part fold.)
, 27 cm.
Issued in a case, with title on label: The first edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1768-71. A reproduction commemorating the 200th anniversary of the original work.