The Encyclopaedia Britannica: or a Dictionary of Arts Sciences and General Literature. With Extensive Improvements and Additions; and Numerous Engravings.
by ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA
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- first
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The Encyclopædia Britannica (Latin for "the British Encyclopædia") is a general English-language encyclopaedia published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. , a privately held company. The articles in the Britannica are aimed at educated adult readers, and written by a staff of about 100 full-time editors and more than 4,000 expert contributors. It is widely regarded as the most scholarly of encyclopaedias. The Britannica is the oldest English-language encyclopaedia still in print.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 157619
- Title
- The Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Author
- ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA
- Book Condition
- Used
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black,
- Date Published
- 1852-60
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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