Encyclopaedia Britannica
It was first issued by a ‘Society of Gentlemen in Scotland’ in numbers (1768–71), edited by William Smellie, a printer, afterwards secretary of the Society of Scottish Antiquaries. It was a ...
encyclopedias
It was the Enlightenment which developed the modern encyclopedia. The first original Italian encyclopedia of note is the Nuovo dizionario scientifico e curioso sacro-profano of Gianfranco Pivati ...
illustration
Although any text bearing drawings or designs of any kind may generally be described as illustrated, an illustrated manuscript is properly one that is embellished with pictures or illustrations, ...
Luke White
(d. 1824) Bookseller, auctioneer, lottery-office keeper in Dublin (1775–1803).Probably from Cork, where his brother, Thomas, was a successful bookseller, Luke imported books from London and the ...
