Cyclopædia, atau an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences itu apa sih?

Cyclopædia: atau, Kamus Universal Seni dan Sains () sebuah ensiklopedia yang disiapkan oleh Ephraim Chambers dan pertama kali diterbitkan pada 1728; enam edisi lagi muncul antara 1728 dan 1751 dengan ``Suplemen pada 1753. Cyclopædia adalah salah satu ensiklopedia umum pertama yang diproduksi dalam bahasa Inggris.

Halaman judul edisi pertama merangkum tujuan penulis:

Bradshaw, Lael Ely. "Ephraim Chambers’ Cyclopedia." Notable Encyclopedias of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries: Nine Predecessors of the Encyclopédie. Ed. Frank Kafker. Oxford: The Voltaire Foundation, 1981. 123–137. ().

Collison, Robert. Encyclopædias: Their History Throughout the Ages. New York: Hafner, 1966.

Kafker, Frank. A. Notable Encyclopedias of the Late Eighteenth Century: Eleven Successors of the Encyclopédie. Oxford : Voltaire Foundation at the Taylor Institution, 1994.

Kolb, Gwin J. and James H. Sledd.  “Johnson’s ‘Dictionary’ and Lexicographical Tradition.”  Modern Philology 50.3 (Feb. 1953):  171–194.

Mack, Ruth.  “The Historicity of Johnson’s Lexicographer.”  Representations 76 (Fall 2001):  61–87.

Shorr, Phillip. Science and Superstition in the Eighteenth Century: A Study of the Treatment of Science in Two Encyclopedias of 1725–1750. New York: Columbia, 1932.

Walsh, S. Patraig. "Cyclopaedia." Anglo-American General Encyclopedias: A Historical Bibliography, 1703–1967. New York: R.R. Bowker, 1968. 38–39.

Yeo, Richard. "The Best Book in the Universe": Ephraim Chambers’ Cyclopedia. In Encyclopædic Visions: Scientific Dictionaries and Enlightenment Culture. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2001. 120–169. ()

Yeo, Richard R. "A Solution to the Multitude of Books: Ephraim Chambers's Cyclopaedia (1728) as "the Best Book in the Universe."" Journal of the History of Ideas, v. 64 (1), 2003. pp. 61–72. ()

Chambers' Cyclopaedia, 1728, 2 volumes, with the 1753 supplement, 2 volumes; digitized by the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center.