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The Encyclopædia Britannica First Edition (1768–1771) is a 3-volume reference work, an edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. It was developed during the encyclopaedia's earliest period as a two-man operation founded by Colin Macfarquhar and Andrew Bell, in Edinburgh, Scotland, and was sold unbound in subscription format over a period of 3 ...
Advertisement for Encyclopædia Britannica, 1913. The Encyclopædia Britannica has been published continuously since 1768, appearing in fifteen official editions. Several editions have been amended with multi-volume "supplements" (third, fifth/sixth), consisted of previous editions with added supplements (10th, and 12th/13th) or gone drastic re-organizations (15th).
The Britannica was first published between December 1768 [13] and 1771 in Edinburgh as the Encyclopædia Britannica, or, A Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, compiled upon a New Plan. In part, it was conceived in reaction to the French Encyclopédie of Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert (published 1751–1772), which had been inspired by ...
William Smellie (1740–1795) was a Scottish printer who edited the first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. He was also a naturalist and antiquary. He was also a naturalist and antiquary. He was a joint founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , co-founder of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland , and a friend of Robert Burns .
Encyclopædia Britannica First Edition (1768–1771) Encyclopædia Britannica Second Edition (1777–1784) Encyclopædia Britannica Third Edition (1797) Dobson's Encyclopædia (1789–1798; largely a reprint of the Britannica's 3rd edition) Moore's Dublin Edition (1788–1797; largely a reprint of the Britannica's 3rd edition)
Front page of volume 3 of the 1778 Encyclopædia Britannica. The company was founded in Edinburgh, Scotland, in the 18th century, during the historical period termed the Scottish Enlightenment. [1] Colin Macfarquhar and Andrew Bell began the first edition in 1768. [1]