Book
The Early Britannica
- Alternative title:
- the growth of an outstanding encyclopedia
- Abstract:
-
The Encyclopaedia britannica is a familiar cultural icon, but what do we know about the early editions that helped shape it into the longest continuously published encyclopedia still in existence?
This first examination of the three eighteenth-century editions traces the Britannica’s extraordinary development into a best seller and an exceptional book of knowledge, especially in biography and in the natural sciences. The combined expertise of the contributors to this volu... Expand abstract
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
Actions
Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Voltaire Foundation Publisher's website
- Publication date:
- 2017-11-30
- Source identifiers:
-
9780729409810
- ISBN:
- 9780729409810
Item Description
- Language:
- English
- UUID:
-
uuid:0ddb0ce8-8322-4f98-96b1-b67728402a45
- Local pid:
- VF1:451
- Deposit date:
- 2017-11-30
Terms of use
- Copyright holder:
- Voltaire Foundation
- Copyright date:
- 2009
If you are the owner of this record, you can report an update to it here: Report update to this record