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  2. Encyclopædia Britannica - Wikipedia

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    Compton's by Britannica, first published in 2007, incorporating the former Compton's Encyclopedia, is aimed at 10- to 17-year-olds and consists of 26 volumes and 11,000 pages. [34] Since 1938, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. has published annually a Book of the Year covering the past year's events.

  3. Encyclopædia Britannica First Edition - Wikipedia

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    The Encyclopædia Britannica First Edition (1768–1771) is a 3-volume reference work, an edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. It was developed during the encyclopaedia's earliest period as a two-man operation founded by Colin Macfarquhar and Andrew Bell, in Edinburgh, Scotland, and was sold unbound in subscription format over a period of 3 ...

  4. History of the Encyclopædia Britannica - Wikipedia

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    Advertisement for Encyclopædia Britannica, 1913. The Encyclopædia Britannica has been published continuously since 1768, appearing in fifteen official editions. Several editions have been amended with multi-volume "supplements" (third, fifth/sixth), consisted of previous editions with added supplements (10th, and 12th/13th) or gone drastic re-organizations (15th).

  5. Editor-in-chief of the Encyclopædia Britannica - Wikipedia

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    The Encyclopædia Britannica is an English-language general reference encyclopedia, published since 1768. [1] The Britannica was first published in Edinburgh, Scotland, in three volumes, with printer William Smellie serving as its principal editor. [2] [3] By 1988, the encyclopedia grew to consist of 32 volumes in total, [2] but later stopped ...

  6. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. - Wikipedia

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    In 2020, Encyclopædia Britannica released the Britannica All New Children's Encyclopedia: What We Know and What We Don't, an encyclopedia aimed primarily at younger readers, covering major topics. The encyclopedia was widely praised for bringing back the print format. It was Britannica's first encyclopedia for children since 1984.

  7. Encyclopedia - Wikipedia

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    Printed for 244 years, the Britannica was the longest-running in-print encyclopaedia in the English language. It was first published between 1768 and 1771 in Edinburgh, Scotland, in three volumes. The encyclopaedia grew in size; the second edition was 10 volumes, [38] and by its fourth edition (1801–1810), it had expanded to 20 volumes. [39]

  8. List of encyclopedias by date - Wikipedia

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    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; Encyclopaedia Americana (1829–1833), 13 volumes, editor Francis Lieber.

  9. Colin Macfarquhar - Wikipedia

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    Colin Macfarquhar (1744/5 – 2 April 1793) [1] [2] was a Scottish bookseller and printer who is most known for co-founding Encyclopædia Britannica with Andrew Bell, first published in December 1768. [3] [4] The dates of his birth and death remain uncertain, even to Britannica itself. [1]