Oeconomische Encyclopädie
The ''Oeconomische Encyclopädie'' was a German language encyclopedia started by Johann Georg Krünitz. It appeared in 242 volumes between 1773 and 1858. Each volume has about 600–800 pages, giving a total of about 170,000 pages. It was originally planned to be a translation of two French-language encyclopaedias, '' Dictionnaire raisonné universel d'histoire naturelle'' (1764) and '' Encyclopédie Oeconomique ou Système général d'Oeconomie rustique, domestique et politique'' (1771–1772), but developed into a separate work that much surpassed the originals. Significant parts were also based on the ''Grosses vollständiges Universal-Lexicon'' by Johann Heinrich Zedler Johann Heinrich Zedler (7 January 1706 in Breslau (now Wrocław, Poland) – 21 March 1751 in Leipzig) was a bookseller and publisher. His most important achievement was the creation of a German encyclopedia, the '' Grosses Universal-Lexicon (Gre .... Krünitz managed to finish 72 volumes during hi ...
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