| Dobson's Encyclopaedia: The Publisher, Text, and Publication of America's First Britannica, 1789-183 Contributor(s): Arner, Robert D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0812230922 ISBN-13: 9780812230925 Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1991 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Commerce - Biography & Autobiography | Editors, Journalists, Publishers - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 381.450 |
| LCCN: 91017624 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.36 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the first study of the life and career of Thomas Dobson, arguably the most prominent American printer, publisher, and bookseller between the years 1785 and 1822, whose accomplishments included publication of the first American edition of the Hebrew Bible, and the first American edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. |