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(ENCYCLOPEDIA.) The New and Complete American Encyclopaedia. Maps and plates. 7 volumes. 4to, publisher's 1/2 calf, worn, large chip to one backstrip; heavy foxing and browning, a few plates and text leaves torn. sold as is. New York: John and E. Low, 1805-11
The first American edition of the Encyclopaedia Perthensis, published by Low in competition to Dobson's 1790-1803 first American edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, as the latter was considered "too voluminous and expensive." The plates are engraved by Doolittle, Scoles, Reed and others. Sabin 52441.
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