Title: The European encyclopedia :
Authors: Loveland, Jeff
Date: 2019
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Physical description: xviii, 443 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language: English
LC classification: A
Abstract: "First taking shape during the seventeenth century, the European encyclopaedia was an alphabetical book of knowledge. For the next three centuries, printed encyclopedias in the European tradition were an element of culture and peoples' lives, initially just among Europe's educated elite but ultimately through much of the literate world. Organized around themes such as genre, economics, illustration, and publishing, The European Encyclopedia is the first comprehensive survey of encyclopedias to be written in English in more than 50 years. Engaging with printed encyclopedias, now largely extinct and the object of nostalgia, as well as the global phenomenon of Wikipedia, Jeff Loveland brings together encyclopedias from multiple languages (notably English, French, and German, amongst others). This book will be of interest to anyone, from academics in the humanities to non-academic readers, with an interest in encyclopedias and their history."--Provided by publisher.
Contents: Genres of encyclopedias -- The contents of encyclopedias -- Size, price, and the economics of encyclopedias -- Preparing an encyclopedia -- The organization of encyclopedias -- Illustrations in encyclopedias -- Authorship in encyclopedias -- Publishing an encyclopedia -- Readers and users of encyclopedias -- Encyclopedias after print.
Subject headings (LCSH): Encyclopedias and dictionaries--History and criticism