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• Latin encyclopedias and dictionaries

• Ioan. Henrici Alstedii Scientiarum Omnium Encyclopaediae (4 volumes, in Latin; Lyon: I. A. Huguetan and M. A. Ravaud, 1649), by Johann Heinrich Alsted
  • all volumes: multiple formats at Biodiversity Heritage Library
  • Volume 1: page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume 2: page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume 3: page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume 4: page images at HathiTrust
• Speculum Doctrinale (in Latin; Venice: H. Liechtenstein, 1494), by Vincent of Beauvais (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speculum Historiale (in Latin; Venice: H. Liechtenstein, 1494), by Vincent of Beauvais (page images at HathiTrust)

• Le Fonti Delle Enciclopedie Latine Del XII Secolo: Saggio Critico (first and only volume published of Primi Studi Sulle Enciclopedie Medioevali, in Italian; Modena: A. Namias, 1897), by Luigi Mario Capelli
  • page images at Gallica
  • page images at HathiTrust

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• Encyclopaedia Britannica (multiple editions)
• The New American Encyclopedia: A Concise and Comprehensive Reference Work Especially Planned, Compiled and Written for School, College, Office and Home Use (revised September 1945; New York: Books, Inc., c1946), ed. by Lewis Mulford Adams and C. Ralph Taylor (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Book of Culture: The Basis of a Liberal Education (Garden City, NY: Garden City Pub. Co., c1934), by Ethel R. Peyser (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (new edition, 10 volumes; London and Edinburgh: W. and R. Chambers; Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Co., 1923-ca.1927), ed. by David Patrick and William Geddie (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge (16 volumes; New York and London: D. Appleton and Co., 1873-1876), ed. by George Ripley and Charles A. Dana (page images at HathiTrust)
• The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge (second edition revised, 16 volumes; New York and London: D. Appleton and Co., 1879), ed. by George Ripley and Charles A. Dana
  • Volume I (A - Asher): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II (Ashes - Bol): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume III (Bolan Pass - Carmine): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume IV (Carmona - Coddington): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume V (Code - Demotica): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume VI (Dempster - Everett): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume VII (Evesham - Glascock): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume VIII (Glasgow - Hortense): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume IX (Hortensius - Kinglake): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume X (Kinglet - Magnet): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume XI (Magnetism - Motril): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume XII (Mott - Pales): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume XIII (Palestine - Printing): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume XIV (Prior - Shoe): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume XV (Shomer - Trollope): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume XVI (Trombone - Zymosis): multiple formats at archive.org
• Beeton's Dictionary of Universal Information: Comprising Geography, History, Biography, Mythology, Bible Knowledge, Chronology; With the Pronunciation of Every Proper Name (London: S. O. Beeton, ca. 1861), ed. by Samuel Orchart Beeton (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Britannica Year-Book 1913: A Survey of the World's Progress Since the Completion in 1910 of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition (London and New York: Encyclopaedia Britannica Co., 1913), ed. by Hugh Chisholm
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• The British Cyclopaedia of the Arts and Sciences: Including Treatises on the Various Branches of Natural and Experimental Philosophy, the Useful and Fine Arts, Mathematics, Commerce, &c. (2 volumes; London: Orr and Smith, 1835), by Charles Frederick Partington (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cassell's Encyclopaedia: A Storehouse of General Information (special edition, 8 volumes; London et al.: Cassell and Co., ca. 1904) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (revised edition, 10 volumes; London and Edinburgh: W. and R. Chambers, 1874) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (revised edition; London and Edinburgh: W. and R. Chambers, 1880) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Useful Knowledge (new edition, 10 volumes; London and Edinburgh: W. and R. Chambers; Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1901)
  • Volume I (A-Beaufort): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II (Beaugency-Cataract): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume III (Catarrh-Dion): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume IV (Dionysius-Friction): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume V (Friday-Humanitarians): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume VI (Humber-Malta): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume VII (Maltebrun-Pearson): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume VIII (Peasant-Roumelia): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume IX (Round-Swansea): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume X (Swastika-Zyrianovsk, and Index): multiple formats at archive.org
• Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Useful Knowledge for the People (original Encyclopaedia edition, published in installments; 10 volumes; London: W. and R. Chambers, 1860-1868)
  • Volume I (A - Belgiojoso; 1860): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II (Belgium - Chivalry; 1861): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume III (Chivasso - Elephant; 1862): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume IV (Elephant - Gonzalvo; 1862): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume V (Good - Labourers; 1863): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume VI (Labrador - Numidia; 1864): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume VII (Numismatics - Puerperal; 1865): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume VIII (Puerto - Sound; 1866): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume IX (Sound - Vitaceae; 1867): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume X (Vital - Zoetrope, and index; 1868): multiple formats at archive.org
• Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Useful Knowledge for the People (10-volume set "with subsequent corrections" of original edition; London: W. and R. Chambers, 1868)
  • all volumes: page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume I (A - Belgiojoso): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II (Belgium - Chivalry): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume III (Chivasso - Elephant): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume IV (Elephant - Gonzalvo): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume V (Good - Labourers): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume VI (Labrador - Numidia): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume VII (Numismatics - Puerperal): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume VIII (Puerto - Sound): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume IX (Sound - Vitaceae): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume X (Vital - Zoetrope, and index): multiple formats at archive.org
• Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Useful Knowledge for the People (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott and Co.; Edinburgh: W. and R. Chambers, 1871-1872)
  • Volume I (A-Belgiojoso): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II (Belgium-Chine): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume III (Chivasso-Elephant): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume IV (Elephant-Gonzalvo): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume V (Good-Labourers): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume VI (Labrador-Numidia): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume VII (Numismatics-Puerperal): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume VIII (Puerto-Sound): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume IX (Sound-Vitaceae): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume X (Vital-Zymotic, Supplement, and Index): page images at HathiTrust
• Chambers's Information for the People (48 pamphlets in 1 volume; Edinburgh: W. and R. Chambers; London: Orr and Smith, 1835), by William Chambers and Robert Chambers
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• Chambers's Information for the People (new and improved (second) edition, 2 volumes; Edinburgh: W. and R. Chambers, 1842), ed. by William Chambers and Robert Chambers (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chambers's Information for the People (third edition; Edinburgh: W. and R. Chambers; London: W.S. Orr, 1848-1849), ed. by William Chambers and Robert Chambers
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
• Chambers's Information for the People (2 volumes; Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott and Co., 1857), ed. by William Chambers and Robert Chambers (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chambers's Information for the People (fourth edition, 2 volumes; London: W. and R. Chambers, 1857-1858), ed. by William Chambers and Robert Chambers (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chambers's Information for the People (2 volumes; Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott and Co., 1867), ed. by William Chambers and Robert Chambers (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chambers's Information for the People (fifth edition, 2 volumes; London and Edinburgh: W. and R. Chambers, 1875), ed. by William Chambers, Robert Chambers, and Andrew Findlater (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chambers's Information for the People (fifth edition, 2 volumes; London and Edinburgh: W. and R. Chambers, 1884), by William Chambers and Robert Chambers, ed. by Andrew Findlater
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
  • both volumes: page images at HathiTrust
• Chambers's Information for the People: A Popular Encyclopaedia (stated as 15th American edition; Philadelphia: J. L. Gihon, 1853-1854), by William Chambers and Robert Chambers (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chambers's Information for the People: A Popular Encyclopedia (fifth American edition, 2 volumes; Philadelphia: J. W. Moore, 1853), ed. by William Chambers and Robert Chambers (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chandler's Encyclopedia: An Epitome of Universal Knowledge (3 volumes; New York: P. F. Collier, 1898), ed. by W. H. Chandler (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Circle of Knowledge: Essential Facts of Everyday Interest in Nature, Geography, History, Travel, Government, Science, Invention, Education, Language, Literature, Fine Arts, Philosophy, Religion, Industry, Biography, Human Culture, and Universal Progress (Toronto: J. A. Hertel Co.; Boston et al.: Standard Pub. Co., 1917), ed. by Henry W. Ruoff (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Columbia Encyclopedia (6th edition, 2000; with additional resources) (HTML at infoplease.com)
• The Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (3 volumes; London: Printed for the authors, 1765-1766), by Temple Henry Croker, Thomas Williams, and Samuel Clark (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia (first edition, 8 volumes; Chicago: F. E. Compton and Co., c1922), ed. by Guy Stanton Ford
  • Volume 1 (Aachen - Browning, Elizabeth Barrett): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 2 (Browning, Robert - Edinburgh): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 3 (Edison - Hastings): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 4 (Hats - Marble): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 5 (March - Parkman): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 6 (Parliament - Snow): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 7 (Soap - Zwingli): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 8 (study outlines and Fact-Index): multiple formats at archive.org
  • all volumes: page images at HathiTrust
• Cyclopaedia, or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (original 2-volume edition, 1728, plus 1753 supplements), by Ephraim Chambers (searchable page images at Wisconsin)
• Cyclopaedia, or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Containing an Explication of the Terms, and an Account of the Things Signified Thereby, in the Several Arts, Both Liberal and Mechanical, and the Several Sciences, Human and Divine (sixth edition, 2 volumes; London: Printed for W. Innys et al., 1750), by Ephraim Chambers
  • Volume I (A-K): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II (L-Z): multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• The Cyclopaedia: or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature (39 volume; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, et al., 1819), ed. by Abraham Rees
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • multiple formats at archive.org via Wikipedia
• The Cyclopaedia: or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature (41 volumes; Philadelphia: S. F. Bradford and Murray, Fairman and Co., ca. 1805-1825), ed. by Abraham Rees (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cyclopedia of Literature and the Fine Arts: Comprising Complete and Accurate Definitions of All Terms Employed in Belles-lettres, Philosophy, Theology, Law, Mythology, Painting, Music, Sculpture, Architecture, and All Kindred Arts (Home Cyclopedia v2; New York: A. S. Barnes and Co.; Cincinnati: H. W. Derby, 1854), ed. by George Ripley and Bayard Taylor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cyclopedia of Literature and the Fine Arts: Comprising Complete and Accurate Definitions of All Terms Employed in Belles-lettres, Philosophy, Theology, Law, Mythology, Painting, Music, Sculpture, Architecture, and All Kindred Arts (New York and Chicago: A. S. Barnes and Co., 1873), ed. by George Ripley and Bayard Taylor
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• A Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art: Comprising the History, Description, and Scientific Principles of Every Branch of Human Knowledge, With the Derivation and Definition of All the Terms in General Use (New York: Harper and Bros., 1853), ed. by William Thomas Brande and Joseph Cauvin (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Dictionary of Science, Literature, and Art: Comprising the History, Description, and Scientific Principles of Every Branch of Human Knowledge: With the Derivation and Definition of All the Terms in General Use (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1854), by William Thomas Brande, contrib. by Joseph Cauvin
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• The Domestic Encyclopaedia: or, A Dictionary of Facts and Useful Knowledge, Comprehending a Concise View of the Latest Discoveries, Inventions, and Improvements, Chiefly Applicable to Rural and Domestic Economy (first American edition, with additions; 5 volumes; Philadelphia: Printed for W. Y. Birch and A. Small, 1803-1804), by A. F. M. Willich and James Mease
  • Volume I (A - Carnivorous): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II (Carp - Fir): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume III (Fire - Luxury): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume IV (M - Snow-Drop): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume V (Snuff - Zizany, and indexes): multiple formats at archive.org
  • all volumes: page images at HathiTrust
• The Domestic Encyclopedia: or, A Dictionary of Facts and Useful Knowledge Chiefly Applicable to Rural and Domestic Economy; With an Appendix, Containing Additions in Domestic Medicine, and the Veterinary and Culinary Arts (second American edition, with additions; 3 volumes; Philadelphia: A. Small, 1821), by A. F. M. Willich and Thomas Cooper, contrib. by James Mease (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia (Edinburgh and American editions, 1830s), ed. by David Brewster (page images at various sites)
• Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics, and Biography (based on the German Conversations-Lexicon 7th edition, with American additions; 14 volumes: Boston: B. B. Mussey and Co., 1851), ed. by Francis Lieber, E. Wigglesworth, T. G. Bradford, and Henry Vethake
  • Volume I (A - Battle): page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume II (Battle-Axe - Catholic Majesty): page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume III (Catholic Epistles - Cranmer): page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume IV (Crantara - Eve, 1854 edition): page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume V (Evelyn - Grecourt): page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume VI (Greece - Indre): page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume VII (Induction - Lee): page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume VIII (Linnaeus - Monopteral): page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume IX (Monotheism - Peccary): page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume X (Pen - Revelliere-Lepaux): page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume XI (Revelation - Stettin): page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume XII (Steuben - Vishnu): page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume XIII (Visigoths - Zwingli): page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume XIV (Supplementary volume): page images at HathiTrust
• Encyclopaedia Edinensis: or, Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature (6 volumes; Edinburgh: J. Anderson; et al., 1827)
  • Volume First (Preface, Dissertation, and A - Bread): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume Second (Brechin - Dialling): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume Third (Dianae Arbor - Geology): multiple formats at Google
  • Volume Fourth (Geometry - Mathematics): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume Fifth (Matricula - Quito): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume Sixth (R - Zymosimeter, and Addenda): multiple formats at Google
• Encyclopaedia Londinensis (24 volumes; London, 1810-1829), contrib. by John Wilkes (page images at HathiTrust and archive.org; some volumes US access only)
• Encyclopaedia Metropolitana: or, Universal Dictionary of Knowledge (29 volumes; 1845), ed. by Edward Smedley, Hugh James Rose, and Henry John Rose, contrib. by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (page images at HathiTrust)
• Encyclopaedia: or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature (based on the third edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica, with American revisions; Philadelphia: T. Dobson, [1790-]1798), ed. by Colin MacFarquhar, George Gleig, and Thomas Dobson
  • all volumes: page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume I (A-Ang; no title page): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II (Ang-Bar; no title page): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume III (Bar-Bzo): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume IV (C-Cic; no title page): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume V (Cic-Dia): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume VI (Dia-Eth): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume VII (Etm-Goa): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume VIII (Gob-Hyd): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume IX (Hyd-Les): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume X (Les-Mec): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume XI (Med-Mid): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume XII (Mie-Neg): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume XIII (Neh-Pas): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume XIV (Pas-Pla): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume XV (Pla-Ran): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume XVI (Ran-Sco): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume XVII (Sco-Str): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume XVIII (Str-Zym): multiple formats at archive.org
• Encyclopaedia Perthensis: or, Universal Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, Literature, &c., Intended to Supersede the Use of Other Books of Reference (second edition, 23 volumes; Edinburgh: Printed by J. Brown, 1816)
  • all volumes but 19: page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume 19: page images at HathiTrust
• The Encyclopedia Americana (1904 and 1918-1920 editions) (page images at various sites)
• Encyclopedia Mancuniensis, or, The New School of Arts, Science, and Manufactures: Being an Elementary Circle of the Sciences, and General Display of Useful Knowledge (2 volumes; Manchester: J. Gleave, 1815), ed. by F. M. Hodson
  • Volume I (Agriculture-Gardening): multiple formats at Google
  • Volume II (Geography-Surgery): multiple formats at Google
• The English Encyclopaedia: Being a Collection of Treatises, and a Dictionary of Terms, Illustrative of the Arts and Sciences (10 volumes; London: Printed for G. Kearsley, 1802)
  • Volume I (A - BOO): multiple formats at Google
  • Volume II (BOO - DIA): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume III (DIA - GLA): multiple formats at Google
  • Volume IV (GLA - KIL): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume V (KIL - MED): multiple formats at Google
  • Volume VI (MED - NIM): multiple formats at Google
  • Volume VII (NIM - PHI): multiple formats at Google
  • Volume VIII (PHI - REL): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume IX (REL - TRA): multiple formats at Google
  • Volume X (TRE - ZYT): multiple formats at Google
• The Globe Encyclopaedia of Universal Information (6 volumes; Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1876-1879), ed. by John M. Ross
  • all volumes: page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume I (A - Canna): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II (Canna - Ezzelino): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume III (F - Kells): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume IV (Kelp - Passion): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume V (Passover - Shell-Lac): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume VI (Shenandoah - Zymotic): multiple formats at archive.org
• Hand-Book of Literature and the Fine Arts (Putnam's Home Cyclopedia v2; New York: G. P. Putnam, 1852), ed. by George Ripley and Bayard Taylor
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing: A Manual of Ready Reference (Chicago: A. J. Dubois, 1911) (Gutenberg multiple formats, and Librivox audio)
• Iconographic Encyclopaedia of Science, Literature, and Art (6 volumes; New York: R. Garrigue, 1851-1852), ed. by J. G. Heck and Spencer Fullerton Baird
  • text volume I (math and physical sciences): multiple formats at archive.org
  • text volume II (life sciences and medicine): multiple formats at archive.org
  • text volume III (social and military sciences): multiple formats at archive.org
  • text volume IV (arts, mythology, technology): multiple formats at archive.org
  • plates volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • plates volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
• Iconographic Encyclopaedia of Science, Literature, and Art (interactive edition based on the 1851-1852 New York print edition), ed. by J. G. Heck and Spencer Fullerton Baird, contrib. by Nicholas Rougeux (illustrated HTML at c82.net)
• The Imperial Encyclopaedia: or, Dictionary of the Sciences and Arts, Comprehending Also the Whole Circle of Miscellaneous Literature (4 volumes; London: J. and J. Cundee, ca. 1812), by W. M. Johnson and Thomas Exley
  • all volumes: page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume 2 (Conic Sections - Historiographer): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 3 (History - Naval Stores): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 4 (Naval Tactics - Zytomiers): multiple formats at archive.org
• Informing a Nation (New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1917), by Willard Huntington Wright (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Interview: A Companion Volume to "Enquire Within Upon Everything" (18th thousand; London: Houlston and Wright, 1857), by Robert Kemp Philp (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Johnson's (Revised) Universal Cyclopaedia: A Scientific and Popular Treasury of Useful Knowledge (8 volumes; New York: A. J. Johnson and Co., 1889-1890), ed. by Frederick A. P. Barnard and A. Guyot (page images at HathiTrust)
• Johnson's New Universal Cyclopaedia: A Scientific and Popular Treasury of Useful Knowledge (4 volumes; New York: A. J. Johnson and Son, 1875-1878), by Frederick A. P. Barnard and A. Guyot
  • Volume I (A-E): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II (F-Lichens): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume III (Lichfield-R): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume IV (S-Appendix): multiple formats at archive.org
  • all volumes (later printing of v1 than above): page images at HathiTrust
• Johnson's Universal Cyclopaedia (new edition, 8 volumes; New York: D. Appleton and Co; A. J. Johnson and Co., 1898-1899), ed. by Charles Kendall Adams
  • Volume I (A-Calculus): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II (Calcutta-Edhem): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume III (Edict-Grecian): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume IV (Greece-Kingston): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume V (Kingston-Mozambique): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume VI (Mozarabic-Rale): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume VII (Raleigh-Tananarivo): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume VIII (Tancred-Zytomierz'): multiple formats at archive.org
• Lexicon Technicum: or, An Universal English Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Explaining Not Only the Terms of Art, but the Arts Themselves (2 volumes; London: Printed for D. Brown et al., 1708-1710), by John Harris
  • Volume 1 (second edition): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 2: multiple formats at archive.org
  • both volumes: page images at HathiTrust
• The Little Cyclopaedia of Common Things (12th edition; London: S. Sonnenschein and Co.; Toronto: Macmillan Co. of Canada, 1906), by George W. Cox
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• The London Encyclopaedia (1829 and 1837 editions), ed. by Thomas Curtis (multiple formats at HathiTrust and archive.org)
• The Minor Encyclopedia, or Cabinet of General Knowledge: Being a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Polite Literature (4 volumes; Boston: Printed for West and Greenleaf, 1803), ed. by Thaddeus Mason Harris
  • Volume I (Abbe - Coat): multiple formats at Google
  • Volume I (Abbe - Coat): page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume II (Cobalt - Flower): multiple formats at Google
  • Volume III (Fluats - Nymph): multiple formats at Google
  • Volume IV (Oak - Zootomy): multiple formats at Google
• The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge (16 volumes; New York and London: D. Appleton and Co., 1859-1863), ed. by George Ripley and Charles A. Dana (all volumes: page images at HathiTrust)
• New American Encyclopedia of Social and Commercial Information (New York: P. F. Collier and Son, c1908), ed. by James E. Homans
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• The New and Complete American Encyclopaedia: or, Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (7 volumes with 170 plates; New York: J. Low (later E. Low), 1805-1811)
  • Volume I (A): multiple formats at Google; may lack plates
  • Volume II (B - Consentient): multiple formats at Google; may lack plates
  • Volume III (Consequence - Gardening): multiple formats at Google; may lack plates
  • Volume IV (Gardinia - Jynx): multiple formats at Google; may lack plates
  • Volume V (K - Ministry): multiple formats at Google; may lack plates
  • Volume VI (Minium - Printing): multiple formats at Google; may lack plates
  • Volume VII (Printless - Zz): multiple formats at Google; may lack plates
  • Drawing and Painting article pages from volumes III and VI, with plates 73-83: multiple formats at Google
• The New and Complete Encyclopaedia: or, University Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (7 volumes; New York: J. Low, 1805-1811)
  • Volume I (A): multiple formats at Google; some guttered text missing from scan
  • Volume II (B - CON): multiple formats at Google
  • Volumes III-VII (CON - ZZ): page images at HathiTrust
• The New International Encyclopaedia (first edition, 17 volumes; New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1902-1904), ed. by Daniel C. Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, and Frank Moore Colby
  • all volumes: page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume I (A - Armeria): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II (Armfelt - Bigelow): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume III (Big-Endians - Canada): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume IV (Canada Balsam - Colenso): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume V (Coleoptera - Desiderius): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume VI (Design - Ethical Culture Society): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume VII (Ethics - Fuller-Maitland): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume VIII (Fuller's Earth - Halitherium): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume IX (Hall - Infant Phenomenon): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume X (Infantry - Larramendi): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume XI (Larrey - Maximianus II): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume XII (Maximilian I - New Jerusalem Church): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume XIII (New Kensington - Phigalian Marbles): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume XIV (Philadelphia - Rice-Bird): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume XV (Rice Insects - Southard): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume XVI (South Australia - Typesetting Machines): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume XVII (Typewriters - Zyrians): multiple formats at archive.org
• The New International Encyclopaedia (updated later printings of first edition, 20 volumes; New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1905-1906), ed. by Daniel C. Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, and Frank Moore Colby
  • all volumes: page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume I (A - Aristagoras): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II (Aristarchus - Bessiéres): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume III (Bessus - Cairns): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume IV (Cairo - Classification of Ships): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume V (Classis - Da Vinci): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume VI (Davioud - Ellery): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume VII (Ellesmere - Fontanel): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume VIII (Fontanes - Goethe): multiple formats at Google
  • Volume IX (Goethite - Heritable Jurisdictions): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume X (Herjulfson - Ishpeming): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume XI (Ishtar - Latitudinarians): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume XII (Latium - Manna): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume XIII (Manna-Croup - Morganatic Marriage): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume XIV (Morgan City - Omul): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume XV (Ona - Pickering): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume XVI (Pickersgill - Reid): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume XVII (Reifferscheid - Servian Wall): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume XVIII (Service-Berry - Tagus): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume XIX (Taharka - Vampire): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume XX (Van - Zyrians): multiple formats at archive.org
• The New International Encyclopaedia (second edition, 23 volumes; New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1914-1916), ed. by Frank Moore Colby and Talcott Williams, contrib. by Daniel C. Gilman and Harry Thurston Peck (page images at HathiTrust)
• The New Royal Cyclopaedia: or, Modern Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (3 volumes, with slightly varying titles; London: Printed for A. Hogg, ca. 1788), by George Selby Howard
  • Volume 1 (A-C): multiple formats at Google
  • Volume 2 (D-K): multiple formats at Google
  • Volume 3 (L-Z): multiple formats at Google
• A New Universal History of Arts and Sciences: Shewing Their Origin, Progress, Theory, Use and Practice, and Exhibiting The Invention, Structure, Improvement, and Uses, of The Most Considerable Instruments, Engines, and Machines, With Their Nature, Power, and Operation, Decyphered In Fifty Two Copper-plates (2 volumes; London: J. Coote, 1759)
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
  • both volumes: page images at HathiTrust
• The Nuttall Encyclopaedia: Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge (30th thousand; London and New York: F. Warne and Co., 1900), ed. by James Wood, contrib. by P. Austin Nuttall (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Nuttall Encyclopaedia: Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge (61st thousand; 1907), ed. by James Wood, contrib. by P. Austin Nuttall (Gutenberg text)
• The Nuttall Encyclopaedia: Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge (revised edition with supplement; 82nd thousand; London and New York: F. Warne and Co., 1920), ed. by James Wood, contrib. by P. Austin Nuttall
  • multiple formats at Google
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• The Outline of Knowledge (20 volumes; New York: J. A. Richards, c1924), ed. by James A. Richards (multiple formats at Google Books and HathiTrust)
• Pantologia: A New Cyclopaedia, Comprehending a Complete Series of Essays, Treatises, and Systems, Alphabetically Arranged; With a General Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Words (12 volumes; London: Printed for G. Kearsley et al., 1813), by John Mason Good, Olinthus Gregory, and Newton Bosworth (page images at HathiTrust)
• The People's Select Cyclopaedia (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1897), by Charles Nisbet
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Pictured Knowledge: The New Method of Visual Instruction Applied to All School Subjects (6 volumes; Chicago: Compton-Johnson Co., c1920), ed. by Calvin Noyes Kendall and Eleanor Atkinson (all volumes: page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Pocket Encyclopedia: or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Polite Literature (second edition, 4 volumes; London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Co., 1811), ed. by Edward Augustus Kendall
  • Volume I (A - Coining): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II (Cold - Geneva): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume III (Genius - Peculiars): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume IV (Pedals - Zoophyta, and additions and corrections): multiple formats at archive.org
  • all volumes: page images at HathiTrust
• Scammell's Universal Treasure-House of Useful Knowledge: An Encyclopedia of Valuable Receipts in the Principal Arts of Life (Salt Lake City: H. A. Hess, 1889), ed. by Henry Bucklin Scammell (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Short System of Polite Learning: Being an Epitome of the Arts and Sciences, Designed for the Use of Schools (9th American edition; Philadelphia: M'Carty and Davis, 1835), by Daniel Jaudon
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• The Standard Dictionary of Facts (Buffalo, NY: Frontier Press Company, 1922) (PDF at djm.cc; 200 MB)
• The Standard Illustrated Book of Facts: A Comprehensive Survey of the World's Knowledge and Progress, With an Historical, Scientific, Statistical, Geographical and Literary Appendix (New York: Syndicate Pub. Co., 1912), ed. by Harry Thurston Peck and Robert Campbell Auld (page images at HathiTrust)
• Stoddart's Encyclopaedia Americana: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, and Companion to the Encyclopaedia Britannica (Ninth Edition) and to All Other Encyclopaedias (4 volumes and index; some volumes titled "American Supplement to Encyclopaedia Britannica"; New York et al.: J. M. Stoddart, 1883-1889) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Supplement to Mr. Chambers's Cyclopaedia, or, Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (2 volumes; London: Printed for W. Innys et al, 1753), ed. by George Lewis Scott, contrib. by Ephraim Chambers
  • Volume 1 (A-L): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 2 (M-Z, and Appendix): multiple formats at archive.org
• Supplement to the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Editions of the Encyclopaedia Britannica; With Preliminary Dissertations on the History of the Sciences (6 volumes; Edinburgh: Printed for A. Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson and Co., 1824), ed. by Macvey Napier, contrib. by William Thomas Brande, John Playfair, and Dugald Stewart
  • Volume 1: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 2: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 3: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 4: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 5: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 6: multiple formats at archive.org
  • all volumes: page images at HathiTrust
• An Universal History of Arts and Sciences: or, A Comprehensive Illustration, Definition, and Description of All Sciences, Divine and Human, and of All Arts, Liberal and Mechanical (2 volumes; London: J. Hart, 1745), by Dennis De Coetlogon
  • Volume 1 (A - Glass-Grinding) multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 2 (Glass-Making - Z, and Appendix): multiple formats at archive.org
• Words, Facts, and Phrases: A Dictionary of Curious, Quaint, and Out-of-the-Way Matters (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott and Co., ca. 1881), by Eliezer Edwards (page images at HathiTrust)
• Words, Facts, and Phrases: A Dictionary of Curious, Quaint, and Out-of-the-Way Matters (new edition; London: Chatto and Windus, 1897), by Eliezer Edwards
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Zell's Popular Encyclopedia: A Universal Dictionary of English Language, Science, Literature, and Art (Philadelphia: T. E. Zell, 1871), by Leo de Colange
  • Volume I (A-H): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II (I-Z): multiple formats at archive.org
  • both volumes: page images at HathiTrust
• The Dominion Encyclopaedia of Universal History and Useful Knowledge (2 volumes; 1877-1878), ed. by Charles R. Tuttle (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Encyclopaedic Dictionary: A New, and Original Work of Reference to All the Words in the English Language With a Full Account of Their Origin, Meaning, Pronounciation, and Use (7 volumes; London et al.: Cassell, Petter, Galpin and Co., 1879-1888), ed. by Robert Hunter
  • Volume 1: page images at HathiTrust
  • Volumes 2-7: page images at HathiTrust
• A Guide to Systematic Readings in the Encyclopaedia Britannica (Chicago and New York: Werner Co., 1895), by James Baldwin (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Guide to Systematic Readings in the Encyclopaedia Britannica (new and revised edition; Chicago and New York: Werner Co., 1897), by James Baldwin
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• A Guide to Systematic Readings in the Encyclopaedia Britannica (Chicago and New York: Werner Co., 1900), by James Baldwin and Frederick Thomas Jones
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• A Guide to Systematic Readings in the Encyclopaedia Britannica (new and revised edition; Chicago and New York: Werner Co., c1902), by James Baldwin and Frederick Thomas Jones
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• A Guide to Systematic Readings in the New Werner Twentieth Century Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica (Akron, OH: Werner Co., 1905), by James Baldwin, Frederick Thomas Jones, and Alexander Ross Read (page images at HathiTrust)
• Harper's Book of Facts: A Classified Encyclopaedia of the History of the World (New York and London: Harper and Bros., 1906), ed. by Charlton T. Lewis
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• Harper's Book of Facts: A Classified History of the World, Embracing Science, Literature, and Art (New York: Harper and Bros., 1895), ed. by Joseph H Willsey and Charlton T. Lewis
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• The Inter Ocean Curiosity Shop (partial serial archives)
• The New American Encyclopedic Dictionary: An Exhaustive Dictionary of the English Language, Practical and Comprehensive, Giving the Fullest Definition (Encyclopedic in Detail), the Origin, Pronunciation and Use of Words (5 volumes; New York: J. A. Hill and Co., 1906-1907) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Reader's Guide to the Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Handbook Containing Sixty-Six Courses of Systematic Study or Occasional Reading (London and New York: Encyclopaedia Britannica Co., c1913), by Encyclopaedia Britannica
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• The College of Life, or, Practical Self-Educator: A Manual of Self-Improvement for the Colored Race, Forming an Educational Emancipator and a Guide to Success (c1896), by Henry Davenport Northrop, Joseph R. Gay, and I. Garland Penn
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Ten Thousand Wonderful Things: Comprising Whatever is Marvellous and Rare, Curious, Eccentric and Extraordinary in All Ages and Nations (London et al.: G. Routledge And Sons, 1894), ed. by E. F. King
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• A Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (3 volumes (2 text; 1 plates); London: Printed for R. Phillips, 1806-1807), by G. Gregory, illust. by Samuel John Neele, Robert Cooper, and Charles Heath
  • all volumes: page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume 1: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 2: multiple formats at archive.org
  • plate volume: multiple formats at archive.org
• A Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (second American edition from the last London edition; New York: Pub. for W.T. Robinson by Collins and Co., 1821-1822), by G. Gregory (page images at HathiTrust)
• An Universal, Historical, Geographical, Chronological and Poetical Dictionary (2 volumes; London: Printed for J. Hartley et al., 1703) (page images at HathiTrust)

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