Encyclopaedia metropolitana; or, universal dictionary of knowledge, comprising the twofold advantage of a philosophical and an alphabetical arrangement, with appropriate engravings / Edited by Edward Smedley, Hugh James Rose, and Henry John Rose.

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1845
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London : B. Fellowes, 1845.

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30 volumes : illustrations ; (4to)

Notes

Originally issued in 59 parts, 1817-45
Vol. 1 includes the "General introduction; or, A preliminary treatise on method" by S. T. Coleridge (first published in 1818, reissued in several editions, with varying titles)

Contents

v. 1-2. Pure sciences. - v. 3-8. Mixed sciences. - v. 9-13. History and biography. - v. 14-26. Miscellaneous and lexicographic. - v. [27]-[29] Plates. - v. [30] Index

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