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09-19-2021-1024 - Encyclopédie méthodique par ordre des matières 1782-1832

 The Encyclopédie méthodique par ordre des matières ("Methodical Encyclopedia by Order of Subject Matter") was published between 1782 and 1832 by the Frenchpublisher Charles Joseph Panckoucke, his son-in-law Henri Agasse, and the latter's wife, Thérèse-Charlotte Agasse. Arranged by disciplines, it was a revised and much expanded version, in roughly 210 to 216 volumes (different sets were bound differently), of the alphabetically arranged Encyclopédie, edited by Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert. The full title was L'Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières par une société de gens de lettres, de savants et d'artistes; précédée d'un vocabulaire universel, servant de table pour tout l'ouvrage, ornée des portraits de MM. Diderot et d'Alembert, premiers éditeurs de l'Encyclopédie.

First page of the Encyclopédie méthodique published in 1782 (Panckoucke, Paris).

Details of encyclopedia format[edit]

The division adopted was:

01. Mathematics
02. Physics
03. Medicine
04. Anatomy and Physiology
05. Surgery
06. Chemistrymetallurgy and pharmacy
07. Agriculture
08. Natural history of animals (Zoology), in six parts
09. Botany
10. Minerals
11. Physical geography
12. Ancient and modern geography
13. Antiquities

14. History
15. Theology
16. Philosophy
17. Metaphysicslogic and morality
18. Grammar and literature
19. Law
20. Finance
21. Political economy
22. Commerce
23. Marine
24. Art militaire
25. Fine arts
26. Arts and crafts

The largest dictionaries were:[1]

  • Zoology: 13,645 pages, 1206 plates (7 vols.);
  • Botany: 12,002 pages, 1,000 plates (34 only of cryptogamic plants);
  • Medicine: 10,330 pages (13 vols.);
  • Geography: 9,090 pages, 193 maps and plates (3 vols. and 2 atlases);
  • Jurisprudence (with police and municipalities): 7,607 pages (10 vols.); and
  • Anatomy (not a dictionary but a series of systematic treatises): 2,866 pages (4 vols.).


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopédie_Méthodique


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