The cyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature / By Abraham Rees, D.D. F.R.S. F.L.S. S. Amer. Soc. ; With the assistance of eminent professional gentlemen. ; Illustrated with numerous engravings, by the most distinguished artists. ; In forty-one volumes. Vol. I[-XLI].

Author/creator Rees, Abraham
Format Electronic
EditionFirst American edition, revised, corrected, enlarged, and adapted to this country, by several literary and scientific characters.
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Published by Samuel F. Bradford, and Murray, Fairman and Co. Peter A. Mesier, New-York; Blake & Cunningham, Boston; Cushing & Appleton, Salem; Hezekiah Howe, New-Haven; Charles Whipple, Newburyport; John W. Adams, Portsmouth; Stephen Patten, Portland; Fielding Lucas, Baltimore; Daniel Rapine, Washington; Joseph Milligan, Georgetown; John A. Stewart, Alexandria; D. Henderson, Fredericksburg; Wm. H. Fitzwhylsonn, Richmond; Richard Cottom, Petersburg; John Hoff, Charleston; William T. Williams, Savannah; Hobby & Bunce, Augusta; Cramer, Spear, & Eichbaum, Pittsburg; and James W. Palmer, Lexington, Kentucky, [1805-1825]
Description41 volumes : illustrations ; 30 cm
Supplemental ContentShaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition

Other author/creatorAnderson, H. (Hugh), 1782-1866 engraver.
Other author/creatorBoyd, John engraver.
Other author/creatorChilds, Cephas Grier, 1793-1871, engraver.
Other author/creatorEdwin, David, 1776-1841, engraver.
Other author/creatorExilious, John G., engraver.
Other author/creatorFairman, Gideon, 1774-1827, engraver.
Other author/creatorFairman, Richard, 1788-1821, engraver.
Other author/creatorGobrecht, Christian F., 1785-1844, engraver.
Other author/creatorHaines, D., engraver.
Other author/creatorHay, William H., engraver.
Other author/creatorHumphrys, William, 1794-1865, engraver.
Other author/creatorKneass, William, 1780-1840, engraver.
Other author/creatorLongacre, James Barton, 1794-1869, engraver.
Other author/creatorMason, David H., engraver.
Other author/creatorMurray, George, -1822, engraver.
Other author/creatorNeagle, John, 1796-1865, engraver.
Other author/creatorNesmith, James H., engraver.
Other author/creatorSeymour, Joseph H., engraver.
Other author/creatorTanner, Benjamin, 1775-1848 engraver.
Other author/creatorThackara, James, 1767-1848 engraver.
Other author/creatorTiebout, Cornelius, 1773?-1832 engraver.
Other author/creatorVallance, J. (John), 1770-1823 engraver.
Other author/creatorFarey, John, 1766-1826, illustrator.
Other author/creatorHoward, Henry, 1769-1847, illustrator.
Other author/creatorMartin, David, 1737-1797 illustrator.
Other author/creatorPeale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827 illustrator.
Other author/creatorSully, Thomas, 1783-1872 illustrator.
Other author/creatorTrott, Benjamin, approximately 1770-1843, illustrator.
Other author/creatorVulliamy, Benjamin Lewis, 1780-1854, illustrator.
Other author/creatorGoodman & Piggot, engraver.
Other author/creatorYoung & Delleker engraver.
Other author/creatorJames Thackara & Son, engraver.
SeriesEarly American imprints. Second series no. 9234. ^A575643
General notePrinted in two columns.
General noteThe forty-one volumes were first issued in 87 parts, in printed boards, from 1805 to 1825. Title pages and half-titles to the 41 vols. were issued in the 87th part (Vol. XLI, Part III).
General noteCover title: Dr. Rees's new cyclopædia.
General noteCover imprint varies. Additions: Murray, Draper, Fairman & Co., publishers; Robert Carr, Robert & William Carr, J.M. Sanderson, Robert P. M'Culloh, printers; Brisban & Brannan, Abm. H. Inskeep, Inskeep & Bradford, New-York; Lemuel Blake, Boston; Daniel Johnson, Portland; Thomas & Whipple, Newburyport; Charles Peirce, Portsmouth; E.F. Backus, Albany; Daniel Fenton, Trenton; W. Pryce, Wilmington; Conrad, Lucas and Co., Baltimore; D. Bradford, J. & D. Maccoun, Lexington, Ky.; William J. Hobby, Cramer & Spear, Augusta; Seymour & Williams, Savannah; E. Morford, Charleston, S.C.; Bonsal, Conrad & Co., Norfolk; Fitzwhylsonn & Potter, Richmond; Robert Gray, Alexandria; John Somerville, Somerville [i.e., Somervell] & Conrad, Petersburg, Va., Turner, Linton & Co., Natchez, Miss., B. Cenas, New Orleans, booksellers.
General noteEdition statement transposed; precedes "In forty-one volumes." on title page.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 9234
References Shaw & Shoemaker 19907
References Rink, E. Technical Americana, 121
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 9234).
Genre/formEncyclopedias.
Other titleDr. Rees's new encyclopedia.
Other titleUniversal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature.

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