A dictionary of arts and sciences / By G. Gregory, D.D. doctor in philosophy and the arts, and honorary member of the Imperial University of Wilna; member of the Manchester and Newcastle literary and philosophical societies; honorary member of the Boad [i.e. Board] of Agriculture; Domestic Chaplain to the Lord Bishop of Landaff; author of Essays historical and moral, The economy of nature, &c. &c. ; In three volumes. Vol. I[-III].

Author/creator Gregory, G.
Format Electronic
EditionFirst American, from the second London edition, considerably improved and augmented.
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Published by Isaac Peirce, no. 12 South Fourth Street, 1815 [i.e. 1816]
Description3 volumes : illustrations ; 29 cm
Supplemental ContentShaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
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Other author/creatorSeymour, Joseph H., engraver.
Other author/creatorWarnicke, John G., -1818, engraver.
Other author/creatorYeager, Joseph, approximately 1792-1859, engraver.
Other author/creatorKneass, William, 1780-1840, engraver.
Other author/creatorAnderson, H. (Hugh), 1782-1866 engraver.
Other author/creatorTiebout, Cornelius, 1773?-1832 engraver.
Other author/creatorCharles, William, 1776-1820, engraver.
Other author/creatorHay, William H., engraver.
Other author/creatorPlocher, Jacob J., -1820, engraver.
Other author/creatorSeymour, Samuel, active 1797-1822, engraver.
Other author/creatorTanner, Benjamin, 1775-1848 engraver.
Other author/creatorKearny, Francis, 1785-1837, engraver.
Other author/creatorYoung, J. H. (James Hamilton) engraver.
Other author/creatorWalker, illustrator.
Other author/creatorAnderson & Yeager, engraver.
SeriesEarly American imprints. Second series no. 34812. ^A575643
General noteTitle varies slightly: v. 2-3 have "Board of Agriculture" spelled correctly.
General noteAdded engraved title pages: A new and complete dictionary of arts and sciences including the latest improvement and discovery and the present state of every branch of human knowledge; by G. Gregory. D.D. Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Landaff, author of The economy of nature, &c. &c. In three volumes. Vol. 1[-3]. First American edition considerably improv'd & augmented. Philadelphia. Published by Isaac Peirce, no. 316 Market Street, 1816.
General notePlates engraved by J.H. Seymour, J.G. Warnicke, J. Yeager, Kneass, H. Anderson, C. Tiebout, W. Charles, Wm. Hay, Jacob J. Plocher, S. Seymour, B. Tanner, F. Kearny, J.H. Young, and Anderson & Yeager. One plate after Walker.
General noteImprint of v. 2-3 varies: Philadelphia: Published by Isaac Peirce, no. 316 Market Street. Sold also by Coale and Maxwell, Baltimore, and James F. Shores, Portsmouth, N.H. Dennis Heartt, printer. 1816.
General notePrinted in two columns.
General noteVol. 1: iv, [970] p., [1], LIV leaves of plates; v. 2: [904] p., [1], LV-XCVIII leaves of plates; v. 3: [910] p., [1], XCIX-CXXXIX leaves of plates.
General noteVol. 2, gathering 78 misnumbered 75.
General note"Directions to the binder" and "Subscribers' names," v. 3, [10] p. at end.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 34812
References Rink, E. Technical Americana, 125
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. 34812).
Genre/formDictionaries.
Genre/formSubscription publications.
Other titleA new and complete dictionary of arts and sciences.

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