Encyclopaedia Britannica - the hunt is on!

Publishers of the 241-year-old Encyclopaedia Britannica have launched a search to find the oldest complete set in private hands. The Guardian's Alison Flood writes about the first ever edition of the Britannica, which began its life in small weekly sections, printed in the back streets of Edinburgh in July 1768:

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