Essays, political, economical, and philosophical. By Benjamin Count of Rumford, Knight of the orders of the White Eagle, and St. Stanislaus; chamberlain, privy counsellor of state, and lieutenant-general in the service of His Most Serene Highness the Elector Palatine, reigning Duke of Bavaria; colonel of his regiment of artillery, and commander in chief of the general staff of his army; F.R.S. Acad. R. Hiber. Berol. Elec. Boicoe, Palat. et Amer. Soc. ...

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Imprint

Boston: Printed by Manning & Loring, for David West. Sold at his book-store, no. 56, Cornhill; by Ebenezer S. Thomas, Charleston, S. Carolina; and by Solomon Cotton & Co. Baltimore, March, 1798 [-1804]

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W32062

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342523

Description

3v. : ill., charts, 1 port. ; 8⁰

Note

Dedicated to the Duke of Bavaria.

Frontispiece portrait of Count Rumford engraved by E.C. Trenchard; signed plates in v. 2 engraved by Samuel Hill.

Edition statement transposed; precedes volume number on title page. Edition statement of v. 3: A new edition.

Vol. 2 dated August, 1799; v. 3 dated 1804. Imprint of v. 3 varies: Boston: Printed for West and Greenleaf, no. 56, Cornhill. 1804.

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