Identifier: encyclopaediaord05ency (find matches)
Title: Encyclopaedia; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature; constructed on a plan, by which the different sciences and arts are digested into the form of distinct treatises of systems..
Year: 1798 (1790s)
Authors: Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc
Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: Philadelphia : Printed by Thomas Dobson, at the Stone house, no 41, South Second street
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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