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Minor Encyclopedia (1803), edited by Thaddeus M. Harris, copies much of Kendal's Pocket Encyclopedia; Domestic Encyclopedia (1803–1804), first American edition, expanded to 5 volumes (4 in the British); second American edition 1821; Low's Encyclopaedia (1805–1811), the first true American encyclopedia
Macmillan Everyman's Encyclopedia (fourth edition, 1958) OCLC 1597392; International Everyman's Encyclopedia (fifth edition, 1967) A 1986 edition called The New Illustrated Everyman's Encyclopaedia, edited by John Paxton, was published by Octopus Books, ISBN 0-7064-2565-0. In 1932 a Canadian edition was published by the Cambridge Society of ...
A notable addition to the library was a multi-volume encyclopedia, which was added to the range in 1913. Individual volumes could be purchased separately, enabling the set to be budgeted over time. The fifth edition was published in 1967, by which time it consisted of 12 volumes, containing 7763 pages.
The encyclopedia was topically arranged and revised at two year intervals. By the 27th edition, published in 1967, it had 3 million words and a 20,000 entry index. [ 1 ] The set was named after Abraham Lincoln ; as the title page said "Named in honor of Abraham Lincoln whose inspiring example illustrated the possibilities of self-education".
As of 2007, old encyclopedias whose copyright has expired, such as the 1911 edition of Britannica, are also the only free content English encyclopedias released in print form. However, works such as the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, which were created in the public domain, [citation needed] exist as free content encyclopedias in other languages.
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