Parker & Delaplaine's American edition of the New Edinburgh encyclopaedia, conducted by David Brewster, L.L.D. Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Assisted by upwards of one hundred gentlemen in Europe, most eminent in science and literature. And now improved for the greater satisfaction and better information of the people of the United States, in the civil, religious & natural history of their country in American biography & in the great discoveries in mechanics & the arts.

ID 20989
Title Parker & Delaplaine's American edition of the New Edinburgh encyclopaedia, conducted by David Brewster, L.L.D. Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Assisted by upwards of one hundred gentlemen in Europe, most eminent in science and literature. And now improved for the greater satisfaction and better information of the people of the United States, in the civil, religious & natural history of their country in American biography & in the great discoveries in mechanics & the arts.
Contributors
Signed Author Conducted by David Brewster, L.L.D.
Pseudonym
Firms
Self-published No
Volumes 36
Pagination I 400
Date of Publication 1812
Edition Statement
Edition Number
Date of First Publication
Imprint Published by Edward Parker, no. 178, Market-Street, & Joseph Delaplaine, no. 207, North Third Street. Sold by Collins & Co. New-York; Charles Williams, Boston; George J. Patten, Hartford; Beers & Howe, New-Haven; E.F. Backus, Albany; U. Seward, Utica; Daniel Fenton, Trenton; --[i.e., Ann] Moore, Lancaster; John Wyeth, Harrisburg; Alexander & Phillips, Carlisle; John P. Thompson, Fredericktown; Samuel Jefferis, Baltimore; George Shaw, Annapolis; James Kennedy, Sen. Alexandria; William F. Gray, Fredericksburg; Johnson & Warner, Richmond; John W. Campbell, Petersburg; Caleb Bonsal, Norfolk, John Hoff; Charleston; Seymour & Williams, Savannah; George Adams, Augusta; William Wilkinson, Providence, (R.I.); Samuel Green, New-London. William Brown, printer.
Colophon
Copyright Statement
Location of Printing Philadelphia US
Format
Length (cm) 31
Width (cm)
Price (pound)
Price (shilling)
Price (pence)
Total Price (in pence)
Non-UK Price
Genre
Sources
Shelfmarks
Notes Ann Moore named in imprint of volume I. Pagination is thus recorded for volume I only.
AAS Notes:
Title page engraved.
Cover title varies: The American edition of the New Edinburgh encyclopaedia conducted by David Brewster ... and now improved, for the greater satisfaction and better information of the people of the United States in the civil, religious and natural history of their country in American biography and in the great discoveries in mechanics and the arts.
Title vignette signed: Vignette & writing designed by G. Fairman E.S.A. Vignette engraved by D. Edwin E.S.A. the writing by J. Vallance E.S.A.
Cover imprint (v. 1): Philadelphia: Published by Edward Parker, no. 178, Market-Street, & Joseph Delaplaine, no. 207, North Third Street. Sold by Collins & Co. New-York; Charles Williams, Boston; George J. Patten, Hartford; Beers & Howe, New-Haven; E.F. Backus, Albany; U. Seward, Utica; Daniel Fenton, Trenton; --[i.e., Ann] Moore, Lancaster; John Wyeth, Harrisburg; Alexander & Phillips, Carlisle; John P. Thompson, Fredericktown; Samuel Jefferis, Baltimore; George Shaw, Annapolis; James Kennedy, Sen. Alexandria; William F. Gray, Fredericksburg; Johnson & Warner, Richmond; John W. Campbell, Petersburg; Caleb Bonsal, Norfolk, John Hoff; Charleston; Seymour & Williams, Savannah; George Adams, Augusta; William Wilkinson, Providence, (R.I.); Samuel Green, New-London. William Brown, printer. 1812.
Cover imprint varies from volume to volume; additional booksellers are: Collins & Co., New York; P. Potter, Poughkeepsie; Robert P. and Charles Williams, Boston; Elijah Weems, Raleigh, N.C.; James Kennedy & Son, Alexandria; Samuel S. Wood & Co., Baltimore; Oliver D. Cooke, Hartford; Howe & Spaulding, New Haven; J.B. Parker, Carlisle; Benjamin Warner, Richmond; D. & E. Fenton, Trenton; Hezekiah Howe, New Haven; John Lytle, Georgetown; P. Dougherty, Richmond; W.C. Little, Albany; W.S. Parker, Troy; F. Lucas, Baltimore; W. Williams, Utica; J. Wyeth, Harrisburg.
Numbering follows two schemes, one reflecting the discrete units: nos. 1-36; the other reflecting eighteen volumes with two separate parts for each: Vol. I, Part I-Vol. 18, Part II.
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Rink, E. Technical Americana,
Catalogued
Hand-Verified No
Verified Yes
Attempted Verification No

Cite this Page

. Parker & Delaplaine's American edition of the New Edinburgh encyclopaedia, conducted by David Brewster, L.L.D. Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Assisted by upwards of one hundred gentlemen in Europe, most eminent in science and literature. And now improved for the greater satisfaction and better information of the people of the United States, in the civil, religious & natural history of their country in American biography & in the great discoveries in mechanics & the arts.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 20989, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/20989. Accessed 2024-11-22. 

@book{ wphp_20989
  author={},
  year={1812},
  title={Parker & Delaplaine's American edition of the New Edinburgh encyclopaedia, conducted by David Brewster, L.L.D. Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Assisted by upwards of one hundred gentlemen in Europe, most eminent in science and literature. And now improved for the greater satisfaction and better information of the people of the United States, in the civil, religious & natural history of their country in American biography & in the great discoveries in mechanics & the arts.},
  publisher={},
  address={Philadelphia},    }

Suggestions and Comments for Parker & Delaplaine's American edition of the New Edinburgh encyclopaedia, conducted by David Brewster, L.L.D. Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Assisted by upwards of one hundred gentlemen in Europe, most eminent in science and literature. And now improved for the greater satisfaction and better information of the people of the United States, in the civil, religious & natural history of their country in American biography & in the great discoveries in mechanics & the arts.
Follow Up