Lot 423
1803 3 Vol. Supplement For 1st American Encyclopedia. A complete set to the first American Encyclopedia, which was published in Philadelphia in 1798. This supplement set, published by the same Encyclopedia authors, was printed by Budd and Bartram for Thomas Dobson, Philadelphia, 1803. The three volumes run from A-Z and are complete, oversize editions, each. 11" x 9" x 2½" thick. Original marble boards with leather corners and gold-stamped title spines. Light page toning but overall a very clean and bright set. Select topics are illustrated with full-page copper-plate engravings, and topics include architecture, astronomy, carpentry, chemistry, the galvanic theory of electricity, magnetism, and mineralogy, as well as a history of Germantown in Philadelphia, a description of and plate illustrating the Guillotine, a section detainling the French Revolution, and a lengthy history of the United States States. A rare adjunct to America's first published Encyclopedia.
Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,500.
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