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  2. List of encyclopedias by date - Wikipedia

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    Nordisk familjebok fourth edition 22 volumes 1951–1955. [5] Svensk Uppslagsbok first edition 30 volumes 1929–1937 [6] Svensk Uppslagsbok second edition 32 volumes 1947–1955 [6] Bonniers Lexikon 15 volumes 1961–1967. Known as "Äpplet", "The Apple". Perhaps the most widely spread encyclopedia ever, written in the Swedish language.

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

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    Again taken together with the eleventh edition, the new volumes became known as the thirteenth edition. Fourteenth edition (1929) after this the Britannica began a policy of continuous revision. 10 Eventful Years (1947) a special supplement on 1937-1947 - the Second World War , as well as the years immediately preceding it and following it.

  4. Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition - Wikipedia

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    The fourteenth edition, published in 1929, was considerably revised, with much text eliminated or abridged to make room for new topics. Nevertheless, the eleventh edition was the basis of every later version of the Encyclopædia Britannica until the completely new fifteenth edition was published in 1974, using modern information presentation.

  5. Bibliography of encyclopedias - Wikipedia

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    Nelson's Perpetual Loose Leaf Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference, Original (conventionally bound) edition: 1904; loose-leaf edition: 1907–1934. [120] The New American Desk Encyclopedia. New American Library. 1984. [121] The New American Encyclopedia: A Treasury of Information on the Sciences, the Arts, Literature, and General ...

  6. History of encyclopedias - Wikipedia

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    Inspired by the minority language example of Norsk Allkunnebok, a Swedish-language encyclopedia of Finland was initiated in 1969 and eventually published as Uppslagsverket Finland (3 volumes, 1982–1985; 2nd edition in 5 volumes, 2003–2007). With such a small market, the sales revenue only covered the printing cost, while editors were paid ...

  7. Lincoln Library of Essential Information - Wikipedia

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    The Lincoln Library of Essential Information was originally published as a one-volume general-reference work, in 1924. In later years, it was published in two- and three-volume editions, and the title was changed. The first edition of the Lincoln Library of Essential Information was published in 1924 by the Frontier Press of Buffalo, New York.

  8. Universal Cyclopaedia - Wikipedia

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    The encyclopedia was sold to D. Appleton & Company midway through the project, so vols. 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7 – the first to be published – retain the Johnson imprint, while vols. 1, 5 and 8 were published under the Appleton imprint. The editor of this edition was Charles Kendall Adams, president of Cornell University. [2]

  9. Nelson's Encyclopaedia - Wikipedia

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    1910 ad [1]. Nelson's Perpetual Loose Leaf Encyclopaedia: An International Work of Reference was an encyclopedia originally published in twelve volumes by Thomas Nelson and Sons starting with Volume 1 in 1906 through to Volume 12 in 1907.