Book ID: CBB001022878

The Early Britannica (1768--1803): The Growth of an Outstanding Encyclopedia (2009)

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Kafker, Frank A. (Editor)
Loveland, Jeff (Editor)


Voltaire Foundation


Publication Date: 2009
Physical Details: xiii + 349 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description Includes:


Reviewed By

Review Yeo, Richard (2011) Review of "The Early Britannica (1768--1803): The Growth of an Outstanding Encyclopedia". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 146). unapi

Review Sebastiani, Silvia (2011) Review of "The Early Britannica (1768--1803): The Growth of an Outstanding Encyclopedia". English Historical Review (p. 955). unapi

Includes Chapters

Chapter Kafker, Frank A.; Loveland, Jeff (2009) Introduction. In: The Early Britannica (1768--1803): The Growth of an Outstanding Encyclopedia (p. 1). unapi

Chapter Kafker, Frank A.; Loveland, Jeff (2009) William Smellie's Edition (1768--1771): A Modest Start. In: The Early Britannica (1768--1803): The Growth of an Outstanding Encyclopedia (p. 11). unapi

Chapter Doig, Kathleen Hardesty; Kafker, Frank A.; Morris, William E.; Brown, Marion A.; Loveland, Jeff (2009) Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig and Possibly James Tytler's Edition (1788--1797): The Attainment of Recognition and Eminence. In: The Early Britannica (1768--1803): The Growth of an Outstanding Encyclopedia (p. 157). unapi

Chapter Kafker, Frank A. (2009) Epilogue: The Tortoise and the Hare: The Longevity of the Encyclopedia Britannica and the Encyclopédie Compared. In: The Early Britannica (1768--1803): The Growth of an Outstanding Encyclopedia (p. 299). unapi

Chapter Doig, Kathleen Hardesty; Kafker, Frank A.; Loveland, Jeff; Trinkle, Dennis A. (2009) James Tytler's Edition (1777--1784): A Vast Expansion and Improvement. In: The Early Britannica (1768--1803): The Growth of an Outstanding Encyclopedia (p. 69). unapi

Chapter Doig, Kathleen Hardesty; Kafker, Frank A.; Loveland, Jeff (2009) George Gleig's Supplement to the Third Edition (1801--1803): Learned and Combative. In: The Early Britannica (1768--1803): The Growth of an Outstanding Encyclopedia (p. 253). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Loveland, Jeff
Withers, Charles W. J.
Woods, Robert
Brown, Stephen W.
Budge, Gavin
Galley, Chris
Journals
Archives of Natural History
Bulletin for the History of Chemistry
Genders
Medical History
Social Studies of Science
Transactions of the International Congress on the Enlightenment
Publishers
Thoemmes
Voltaire Foundation
University of South Carolina
Cambridge University Press
New York University
Liverpool University Press
Concepts
Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Natural history
Nurse midwives
Philosophy
Science and literature
Medicine
People
Smellie, William
Walker, John
Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc de
Barr, James Smith
De Coetlogon, Dennis
Dobson, Thomas
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
Enlightenment
20th century, early
17th century
Places
Great Britain
British Isles
Scotland
France
United States
England
Institutions
University of Edinburgh
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