Kendall's Pocket Encyclopedia
Kendall's Pocket Encyclopedia was written by Edward Augustus Kendall and printed in London in 1802 by W. Peacock and Sons, with a second edition in 1811. The full title is "A Pocket Encyclopedia; Or, Library of General Knowledge, Being a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Polite Literature". It is made up of six very small volumes in a choice of 12mo, 18mo or 24mo (5 3/8" tall), and retailed at 18s. The encyclopedia begins with "Abbe, a French word literally meaning an abbot" and ends with "Zootomy, the art or act of dissecting animals or  living creatures." A new edition of the "Pocket Encyclopedia" was compiled by minister and writer Jeremiah Joyce, and published as a "corrected and enlarged" edition in 1811. The new edition was published in four thicker 12mo volumes, and sold for £1 4s. Legacy. An 1803 American version, "Harris' Minor Encyclopedia", was edited and enlarged by the Rev. Thaddeus Mason Harris. A German version, Brockhaus' "Taschen-Encyklopädie" ("Pocket Encyclopedia"), was published between 1816 and 1820.