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Advertisement for Encyclopædia Britannica, 1913. The Encyclopædia Britannica has been published continuously since 1768, appearing in fifteen official editions. Several editions have been amended with multi-volume "supplements" (third, fifth/sixth), consisted of previous editions with added supplements (10th, and 12th/13th) or gone drastic re-organizations (15th).
11th edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica (1910-1) Twelfth edition (1922) a 3-volume supplement to the eleventh edition was released that summarized the developments just before, during and after World War I; these three volumes, taken together with the eleventh edition of 1910, became known as the twelfth edition.
The encyclopaedia grew in size; the second edition was 10 volumes, [2] and by its fourth edition (1801–1810), it had expanded to 20 volumes. [3] Its rising stature as a scholarly work helped recruit eminent contributors, and the 9th (1875–1889) and 11th editions (1911) are landmark encyclopaedias for scholarship and literary style.
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.
The most popular encyclopedia of the Carolingian Age was the De universo or De rerum naturis by Rabanus Maurus, written about 830, which was based on the Etymologiae. Many encyclopedic works were written during the 12th and 13th centuries.
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 ...
A similar thirteenth edition, consisting of three volumes plus a reprint of the twelfth edition, was published in 1926. The London editor was J.L. Garvin, as Chisholm had died. [8] The twelfth and thirteenth editions were closely related to the eleventh edition and shared much of the same content.
[2] [3] By 1988, the encyclopedia grew to consist of 32 volumes in total, [2] but later stopped printing physical copies to focus on the online edition in 2012. [4] As of 2024, the current editor-in-chief of the encyclopedia is Tracy Grant , who was formerly the managing editor of The Washington Post .