Cyclopædia, atau an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences

Cyclopædia: atau, Kamus Universal Seni dan Sains (bahasa Inggris: Cyclopædia: or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciencesis) sebuah ensiklopedia yang disiapkan oleh Ephraim Chambers dan pertama kali diterbitkan pada 1728;^[1] enam edisi lagi muncul antara 1728 dan 1751 dengan ``Suplemen pada 1753.^[2] Cyclopædia adalah salah satu ensiklopedia umum pertama yang diproduksi dalam bahasa Inggris.

Halaman judul edisi pertama merangkum tujuan penulis:

Cyclopædia: atau, Kamus Universal Seni dan Sains; berisi Definisi Ketentuan, dan Akun Hal-hal yang ditandai dengan demikian, dalam beberapa Seni, baik Liberal dan Mekanik, dan beberapa Ilmu, Manusia dan Ilahi: Gambar, Jenis, Sifat, Produksi, Olahan, dan Kegunaan, dari Hal-hal Alami dan Buatan; Kebangkitan, Kemajuan, dan Keadaan Gerejawi, Sipil, Militer, dan Komersial: dengan beberapa Sistem, Sekte, Pendapat, & c. antara Filsuf, Divines, Mathematicians, Physicians, Antiquaries, Criticks, & c. Keseluruhan dimaksudkan sebagai Kursus Antient dan Pembelajaran Modern.

Referensi

^ Chambers, Ephraim (1728). Cyclopædia: or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (edisi ke-1). London: James & John Knapton; John Darby; and others. Two volumes in folio.
^ Alston, R. C. (1974). Bibliografi Bahasa Inggris dari Penemuan Percetakan hingga Tahun 1800. Ilkley: Janus Press. See volume iii, items 535 through 544.

Bibliografi Bacaan lebih lanjut

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Collison, Robert. Encyclopædias: Their History Throughout the Ages. New York: Hafner, 1966. OCLC 368968
Kafker, Frank. A. Notable Encyclopedias of the Late Eighteenth Century: Eleven Successors of the Encyclopédie. Oxford : Voltaire Foundation at the Taylor Institution, 1994.
Kolb, Gwin J. and James H. Sledd. “Johnson’s ‘Dictionary’ and Lexicographical Tradition.” Modern Philology 50.3 (Feb. 1953): 171–194.
Mack, Ruth. “The Historicity of Johnson’s Lexicographer.” Representations 76 (Fall 2001): 61–87.
Shorr, Phillip. Science and Superstition in the Eighteenth Century: A Study of the Treatment of Science in Two Encyclopedias of 1725–1750. New York: Columbia, 1932. OCLC 3633346
Walsh, S. Patraig. "Cyclopaedia." Anglo-American General Encyclopedias: A Historical Bibliography, 1703–1967. New York: R.R. Bowker, 1968. 38–39. OCLC 577541
Yeo, Richard. "The Best Book in the Universe": Ephraim Chambers’ Cyclopedia. In Encyclopædic Visions: Scientific Dictionaries and Enlightenment Culture. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2001. 120–169. (ISBN 0-521-65191-3)
Yeo, Richard R. "A Solution to the Multitude of Books: Ephraim Chambers's Cyclopaedia (1728) as "the Best Book in the Universe."" Journal of the History of Ideas, v. 64 (1), 2003. pp. 61–72. (ISSN 0022-5037)

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Cyclopaedia, or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Containing an Explication of the Terms, and an Account of the Things Signified Thereby, in the Several Arts, Both Liberal and Mechanical, and the Several Sciences, Human and Divine sixth edition, 2 volumes; London: Printed for W. Innys et al., 1750