num_pages: 288
description: The first encyclopedic illustrated guide to the world of Middle Earth and the Undying Lands, this book brings together every important aspect of Tolkien's vast cosmology. More than five hundred alphabetical entries cover five major subject areas: history, geography, sociology, natural history and biography.  The maps, genealogies and time-charts, together with the illustrations of characters, places and events, reveal to the reader the full dramatic sweep and splendor of Tolkien's world.
language: English
title: Tolkien: The Illustrated Encyclopaedia
titlecomplete: Tolkien: The Illustrated Encyclopaedia
genres: Art, Mythology, High Fantasy, Science Fiction, Reference, Collections, Fantasy, Classics, Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy
ratings_count: 4254
publisher: Touchstone