The early Britannica (1768-1803) : the growth of an outstanding encyclopedia

Folger bibliographic ID: 230025
Folger call number: PQ2099 .B3 2009:10
Folger holdings ID: 276231
Accession Number: 155554

Contents

William Smellie's edition (1768-1771) : a modest start / Frank A. Kafker and Jeff Loveland -- James Tytler's edition (1777-1784) : a vast expansion and improvement / Kathleen Hardesty Doig ... [et al.] -- Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig and possibly James Tytler's edition (1788-1797) : the attainment of recognition and eminence / Kathleen Hardesty Doig ... [et al.] -- George Gleig's Supplement to the third edition (1801-1803) : learned and combative / Kathleen Hardesty Doig, Frank A. Kafker and Jeff Loveland -- Epilogue: the tortoise and the hare: the longevity of the Encyclopaedia Britannica and the Encyclopédie compared / Frank A. Kafker -- The tortoise and the hare : the longevity of the Encyclopaedia Britannica and the Encyclopedie compared / Frank A. Kafker

General notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-333) and index

Extended title: The early Britannica (1768-1803) : the growth of an outstanding encyclopedia / edited by Frank A. Kafker and Jeff Loveland

Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopedias and dictionaries

associated with: Kafker, Frank A
associated with: Loveland, Jeff