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

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Published: Oxford : Voltaire Foundation, 2009.
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Series:SVEC ; 2009:10.
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Table of 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 .