''Kendall's Pocket Encyclopedia'' was written by

Edward Augustus Kendall Edward Augustus Kendall (c. 1776 – 1842) was a British translator, social campaigner and miscellaneous writer. Biography Kendall was born about 1776. Though Americans remember him for his ''Travels through the Northern Parts of the United St ...

and printed in London in 1802 by W. Peacock and Sons,''Kendall's Pocket Encyclopedia'', W. Peacock and Sons, London, 1802 Volume I, title page 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". 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. 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." 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.

Legacy

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.

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