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Hardcover. Condition: Good. GOOD SET OF THREE HARDCOVER VOLUMES. NO OTHER FULL THREE VOLUME SETS ONLINE AND THESE ARE ORIGINAL AND NOT REPRINTS. EACH VOLUME HAS NUMEROUS FULL-PAGE PLATES TO ILLUSTRATES CONTENTS. THERE ARE SEPARTATION OF COVERS ON ALL VOLUMES. PLEASE REVIEW PICTURES After a brief career in business, Gregory studied at the University of Edinburgh, with a particular interest in mathematics and the physical sciences. In 1776 he entered into holy orders. He wrote for periodicals and magazines while serving as a curate in Liverpool. Following his move to London in 1782, he continued to advance his ecclesiastical career while publishing essays, poetry, and sermons. He also contributed to Biographia Britannica and served as editor from 1795. Voracious study allowed Gregory to develop detailed knowledge of a wide range of topics, including the arts and sciences, commerce, manufactures, and political institutions.Gregory's Dictionary was reissued in several subsequent editions following his death in 1808, including an expanded and revised three-volume version titled A New & Complete Dictionary of Arts & Sciences, Including the Latest Improvement & Discovery and the Present State of Every Branch of Human Knowledge, published in Philadelphia in 1816.