THE 



CYCLOPAEDIA; 



OR, 



UNIVERSAL DICTIONARY 



OF 



art0, Sciences, anti ILiteraturf. 



BY 



ABRAHAM REES, D.D. F.R.S. F.L.S. S.Amer.Soc. 



WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF 



EMINENT PROFESSIONAL GENTLEMEN. 



ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS, 



BY THE MOST DISTINGUISHED ARTISTS. 



IN THIRTY-NINE VOLUMES. 

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