Encyclopaedia Britannica - National Library of Scotland

'Encyclopaedia Britannica' contains the following 17 items:

	Encyclopaedia Britannica > First edition, 1771 - Encyclopaedia Britannica; or, A dictionary of arts and sciences, compiled upon a new plan … [144133900] Editor: Smellie, William, 1740-1795 Date printed: 1771
	Encyclopaedia Britannica > First edition, 1773 - Encyclopaedia Britannica: or, A dictionary of arts and sciences, compiled upon a new plan [144850365] Editor: Smellie, William, 1740-1795 Date printed: 1773
	Encyclopaedia Britannica > Second edition - Encyclopaedia Britannica [144850369] Date printed: 1778-1783
	Encyclopaedia Britannica > Third edition - Encyclopaedia Britannica [149964106] Editor: MacFarquhar, Colin, approximately 1745-1793 Editor: Gleig, George, 1753-1840 Date printed: 1797
	Encyclopaedia Britannica > Third edition - Encyclopaedia Britannica [190218832] Editor: MacFarquhar, Colin, approximately 1745-1793 Editor: Gleig, George, 1753-1840 Date printed: 1797
	Encyclopaedia Britannica > Supplement to the third edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica ... Illustrated with ... copperplates [190218842] Author: Gleig, George, 1753-1840 Printer: Brown, John, active 1784-1818 Date printed: 1801
	Encyclopaedia Britannica > Supplement to the third edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica ... Illustrated with ... copperplates [190218843] Printer: Brown, John, active 1784-1818 Author: Gleig, George, 1753-1840 Date printed: 1803
	Encyclopaedia Britannica > Fourth edition - Encyclopaedia Britannica; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature [190218844] Printer: Bell, Andrew, 1726-1809 Editor: Millar, James, 1762-1827 Date printed: 1810
	Encyclopaedia Britannica > Fifth edition - Encyclopaedia Britannica, or, a Dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature : enlarged and improved. Illustrated with nearly six hundred engravings [190218833] Printer: Encyclopedia Press Date printed: 1815
	Encyclopaedia Britannica > Sixth edition - Encyclopaedia Britannica [190218834] Printer: Encyclopedia Press Date printed: 1823
	Encyclopaedia Britannica > Supplement to the fourth, fifth and sixth editions of the Encyclopaedia Britannica [190218835] Author: Stewart, Dugald, 1753-1828 Author: Playfair, J. H. L. Author: Brande, William Thomas, 1788-1866 Editor: Napier, Macvey, 1776-1847 Printer: George Ramsay and Company Date printed: 1824
	Encyclopaedia Britannica > Supplement to the fourth, fifth and sixth editions of the Encyclopaedia Britannica [190218836] Printer: George Ramsay and Company Author: Stewart, Dugald, 1753-1828 Author: Playfair, J. H. L. Author: Brande, William Thomas, 1788-1866 Editor: Napier, Macvey, 1776-1847 Date printed: 1824
	Encyclopaedia Britannica > Supplement to the fourth, fifth and sixth editions of the Encyclopaedia Britannica [190218837] Printer: George Ramsay and Company Author: Stewart, Dugald, 1753-1828 Author: Playfair, J. H. L. Author: Brande, William Thomas, 1788-1866 Editor: Napier, Macvey, 1776-1847 Date printed: 1824
	Encyclopaedia Britannica > Seventh edition - Encyclopaedia Britannica [190218838] Publisher: Adam and Charles Black (Firm) Author: Stewart, Dugald, 1753-1828 Author: Mackintosh, James, Sir, 1765-1832 Author: Playfair, J. H. L. Author: Leslie, John, Sir, 1766-1832 Editor: Napier, Macvey, 1776-1847 Date published: 1842
	Encyclopaedia Britannica > Eighth edition - Encyclopaedia Britannica [190218839] Publisher: Adam and Charles Black (Firm) Author: Stewart, Dugald, 1753-1828 Author: Mackintosh, James, Sir, 1765-1832 Author: Playfair, J. H. L. Author: Leslie, John, Sir, 1766-1832 Author: Whately, Richard, 1787-1863 Author: Forbes, James David, 1809-1868 Editor: Traill, Thomas Stewart, 1781-1862 Date published: 1853-1860
	Encyclopaedia Britannica > Ninth edition - Encyclopaedia Britannica [190218840] Publisher: Adam and Charles Black (Firm) Date published: 1875-1889
	Encyclopaedia Britannica > Tenth edition - New volumes of the Encyclopædia Britannica [190218841] Publisher: Adam and Charles Black (Firm) Date published: 1902-1903

Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Description	Ten editions of 'Encyclopaedia Britannica', issued from 1768-1903, in 231 volumes. Originally issued in 100 weekly parts (3 volumes) between 1768 and 1771 by publishers: Colin Macfarquhar and Andrew Bell (Edinburgh); editor: William Smellie: engraver: Andrew Bell. Expanded editions in the 19th century featured more volumes and contributions from leading experts in their fields. Managed and published in Edinburgh up to the 9th edition (25 volumes, from 1875-1889); the 10th edition (1902-1903) re-issued the 9th edition, with 11 supplementary volumes.
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