ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA Vol XVI. PAR - POE. or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Enlarged and Improved Fifth Edition. 1815. including PASSIONS, PERSPECTIVE, PHILOLOGY, PHYSICS, PHYSIOLOGY, PLANTS, PNEUMATICS, POETRY.

800pp. 11 x 8.5 inch. The cover is worn with cracking to hinges but both boards still attached & content still well bound, a bit from top of spine missing, interior generally good and clean. Major articles include PASSIONS (2 plates) , PERSPECTIVE (6 plates), PHILOLOGY, PHYSICS, PHYSIOLOGY, PLANTS (3 plates), PNEUMATICS (11 plates), POETRY. the outer lower corners of plates have some light moisture staining). Armorial bookplate of Pulteney inside cover. Weighs 2.5 kg. Additional postage will apply, please ask me for a quote before ordering. See pictures of this book attached. (The Encyclopaedia Britannica was first published in 1768, this fifth edition was published in twenty volumes between 1815 & 1817.).