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Kendall's Pocket Encyclopedia

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Kendall's Pocket Encyclopedia was written by Edward Augustus Kendall and printed in London in 1802 by W. Peacock and Sons,[1] 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".[1] 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.[2]

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."[3]

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.[2]

Legacy

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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.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Kendall's Pocket Encyclopedia, W. Peacock and Sons, London, 1802 Volume I, title page
  2. ^ a b Issitt, John (2017). "Kendall's Pocket Encyclopedia". Jeremiah Joyce: Radical, Dissenter and Writer. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781351155069. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  3. ^ Kendall's Pocket Encyclopedia, W. Peacock and Sons, London, 1802, Volume III, p. 238
  4. ^ Loveland, Jeff (2019). The European Encyclopedia: From 1650 to the Twenty-First Century. Cambridge University Press. p. 97. ISBN 9781108481090. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
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