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An alternative encyclopedia? : Dennis de Coetlogon's "Universal history of arts and sciences" (1745)

Title
An alternative encyclopedia? : Dennis de Coetlogon's "Universal history of arts and sciences" (1745) / Jeff Loveland.
Author
Loveland, Jeff.
Publication
Oxford : Voltaire Foundation, 2010.

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Voltaire Foundation.
Description
xiii, 256 pages : illustrations, facsimiles; 24 cm.
Summary
"Loveland examines the "Universal history" in its cultural context to provide the most detailed picture to date of the world of British encyclopedias in the first half of the eighteenth century."--P. [4] of printed paper wrapper.
Series Statement
SVEC, 0435-2866 ; 2010:03
Uniform Title
SVEC ; 2010:03.
Alternative Title
Alternative encyclopedia? : Coetlogon's "Universal history" (1745)
Subject
  • De Coetlogon, Dennis, -1749
  • De Coetlogon, Dennis
  • 1700-1750
  • Geschichte 1745
  • Encyclopedias and dictionaries > History and criticism
  • 02.01 history of science and culture
  • Encyclopedias and dictionaries
  • Enzyklopädie
  • Encyclopedias
  • Uppslagsverk > historia > Storbritannien > 1700-talet
  • Großbritannien
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-244) and index.
Contents
1. Coetlogon's life and autobiography -- 2. The publication of the universal history -- 3. The compilation of the universal history -- 4. A novel organisational plan -- 5. Advertising in and around encyclopedias -- 6. A polemical encyclopedia -- Conclusion.
ISBN
  • 9780729409926
  • 0729409929
LCCN
2010362748
OCLC
  • ocn559994127
  • 559994127
  • SCSB-1548340
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library