GREAT CYCLOPÆDIAS OF THE WORLD.
. » , The moat voluminous cyclopaedia in tie would i> tint of AbnbaiD Recti (1805— 1819), republished with some additions sit Philadelphia (1810 —1824) in forty-one - large quarto folomcf, besides six volumes of w *p and engraving. This was one of the nun# cMtlf enterprises ever nnderhWn bjf > toy American publisher, and considering tbe comparatively small nviTntwr of bodttojen at that period, it is not ibmy thai it was ruinous to those who undertook it, and that it was finally disposed of by lottery. Recently cyclupcG liaata wisely restrict themselves within jqpcb narrower limits. The following is an approximation to the qnantity of matter contained in the principal cyclopteltas in which are now before the public : —ReesT Cyelopsodia, 41 volumes quarto, 40,000,000 words ; Knight's English Cy- | clofiedia, 24 volumes quarto, 26,000,00 words; Ehcydoptedia Metropolitans, 2.» | volumes quarto, 25,000,000 words; Encyclopaedia Britanniea,. 21 quarto, 21.000,000 words; Appletons Americnn : Jpfekfodn, 16 volumes octavo, 13 000,003 | words; Johnson's New Universal Cycl»- • padia,4 volomes octavo, 12,000,000 words; f Chambers* Cjjrdopcedta* 10 volumes octavo, ■ 10,000,000 words; Zell's PopularCyclo- | fiedtay 2 volumes quarto, 7,000,000 words. P; — M Galas?" for July.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 206, 18 December 1876, Page 4
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187GREAT CYCLOPÆDIAS OF THE WORLD. Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 206, 18 December 1876, Page 4
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