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Filed under: Encyclopedias and dictionaries, French- The Business of Enlightenment: A Publishing History of the Encyclopédie, 1775-1800 (Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, c1979), by Robert Darnton
- Encyclopédie: ou, Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers (1st edition; 17 volumes of text and 11 volumes of plates in French; 1751-1765), ed. by Denis Diderot and Jean Le Rond d' Alembert
- Encyclopédie: ou, Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers (John Adams's personal copy of the third edition, 36 volumes in French with English annotations; 1778-1779), ed. by Denis Diderot and Jean Le Rond d' Alembert, contrib. by John Adams (multiople formats at archive.org and Google)
- Questions sur l'Encyclopédie, par des Amateurs (9 volumes in French; 1770-1772), by Voltaire
- Questions sur l'Encyclopédie, par des Amateurs (6 volumes in French (Oeuvres de Mr. de Voltaire v25-30); 1775), by Voltaire
- Discours Préliminaire de l'Encyclopédie: Publié Intégralement d'Après l'Édition de 1763, Avec les Avertissements de 1759 et 1763, la Dédicace de 1751, des Variantes, des Notes, une Analyse et une Introduction (in French; Paris: A. Colin et cie, 1894), by Jean Le Rond d' Alembert, ed. by François Picavet
Filed under: Encyclopedias and dictionaries, French -- Pictorial works- Recueil de Planches, sur les Sciences, les Arts Libéraux, et les Arts Méchaniques, Avec Leur Explication (plates volumes for Diderot's Encyclopédie; Paris: Briasson et al., 1762-1772), ed. by Denis Diderot and Jean Le Rond d' Alembert, illust. by Bénard
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Filed under: Encyclopedias and dictionaries- Encyclopaedia Britannica (multiple editions)
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Useful Knowledge for the People (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott and Co.; Edinburgh: W. and R. Chambers, 1871-1872)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- 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)
- The Globe Encyclopaedia of Universal Information (6 volumes; Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1876-1879), ed. by John M. Ross
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- The New and Complete Encyclopaedia: or, University Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (7 volumes; New York: J. Low, 1805-1811)
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Zell's Popular Encyclopedia: A Universal Dictionary of English Language, Science, Literature, and Art (Philadelphia: T. E. Zell, 1871), by Leo de Colange
- 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
- 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
- A Guide to Systematic Readings in the Encyclopaedia Britannica (Chicago and New York: Werner Co., 1900), by James Baldwin and Frederick Thomas Jones
- 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
- 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
- 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
- The Inter Ocean Curiosity Shop (partial serial archives)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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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