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  2. List of encyclopedias by date - Wikipedia

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    Adab al-katib (The book of knowledge) by Ibn Qutayba (828–889); the earliest Arabic work that could be called an encyclopedia [dubious – discuss] Bibliotheca by Patriarch Photius (9th century), the earliest Byzantine work that could be called an encyclopedia; Hrabanus Maurus, 842. De rerum naturis (On the nature of things), derived from ...

  3. List of most expensive books and manuscripts - Wikipedia

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    Yongle Encyclopedia (永樂大典; Yǒnglè Dàdiǎn) Two volumes (comprising chapters 2268–2269 and 7391–7392) of the manuscript copy of the Yongle Encyclopedia produced between 1562 and 1567 for the Jiajing Emperor. The original copy produced between 1403 and 1408 is now lost, and only about 400 of the 11,095 volumes of the 16th-century ...

  4. World Book Encyclopedia - Wikipedia

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    The first edition of World Book (1917) contained eight volumes. New editions have since appeared every year except 1920, 1924, and 1932, with major revisions in 1929 (13 volumes), 1947 (19 volumes), 1960 (20 volumes), 1971 (22 volumes), and 1988 (new typeface and page design, and some 10,000 new editorial features). [12]

  5. On the World Book Encyclopedia (and a little bit of ... - AOL

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    Columnist David Murdock still has his family's prized 1965 edition of the World Book Encyclopedia, and recalls pleasant hours reading it.

  6. List of English-language 20th-century general encyclopedias

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    New World Wide Encyclopedia (1918) World Wide Encyclopedia (1919) New World Encyclopedia (1919) (Link includes vol. 1) Adair's New Encyclopedia (1923) (Link includes vols. 2-5) Time's Encyclopedia and Gazetteer (1929) Twentieth Century Encyclopedia (1930) Worlds Popular Encyclopedia (1937)

  7. Bibliography of encyclopedias - Wikipedia

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    First Connections: The Golden Book Encyclopedia. Hartley Courseware. 1993. [92] Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia. Funk & Wagnalls. 1971–. [93] Global International Encyclopedia. Grolier Inc. 1991–. [94] The Golden Book Encyclopedia. Western Publishing. 1959–. [95] The Great World Encyclopedia. Two Continents Publishing, 1976. [91]