''Meyers Blitz-Lexikon'' is a
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. It was a concise single-volume version of the long-established
''Meyers Lexicon''. The name refers to the need for very rapid (Blitz = "Lightning") information. It was published to accompany the 15-volume version of the 7th edition of Meyers Lexicon. By limiting the explanations to a few keywords and making heavy use of abbreviations, a large number of entries were compressed into the single portable volume. Even complex topics were explained in just a few sentences. The volume contained eight plates, 2,481 illustrations in the text and 71 coloured panels, forming a 759-page lexicon with over 45,000 entries.
German encyclopedias
German-language encyclopedias
1924 non-fiction books
20th-century encyclopedias
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