1984 30 Vol The New Encyclopaedia Britannica Illustrated Complete 15th Edition

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This is a complete leather bound set of The New Encyclopaedia Britannica In Thirty Volumes Edited by Warren E. Preece 1984 - Chicago - Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. 11" by 8.5" with The 1985 Annual A complete and beautifully bound set of the renowned Encyclopædia Britannica, regarded as one of the most scholarly of English language encyclopedias. Fifteenth edition. Throughout history, the Britannica has had two aims: to be an excellent reference book and to provide educational material. This 15th edition adopted a third goal: to systematise all human knowledge. This 15th edition has a three-part structure: a 10 volume Micropædia of short articles (generally fewer than 750 words), a 19 volume Macropædia of long articles (two to 310 pages) and a single Propædia volume to give a hierarchical outline of knowledge. The Micropædia is meant for quick fact-checking and as a guide to the Macropædia ; readers are advised to study the Propædia outline to understand a subject's context and to find more detailed articles. The Britannica is the oldest English-language encyclopedia still being produced. It was first published between 1768 and 1771 in Edinburgh, Scotland as three volumes. The encyclopedia grew in size: the second edition was 10 volumes, and by its fourth edition (1801–1810) it had expanded to 20 volumes. Its rising stature read more

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