The ''Bibliothèque universelle'' was an

academic journal An academic journal (or scholarly journal or scientific journal) is a periodical publication in which Scholarly method, scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. They serve as permanent and transparent forums for the ...

published by a group of Genevan scholars first centred on

Marc-Auguste Pictet Marc-Auguste Pictet (; 23 July 1752 – 19 April 1825) was a Genevan scientific journalist and experimental natural philosopher. Pictet's main contribution to learning was his editing of the scientific section of the '' Bibliothèque Britanni ...

(1752–1825), later around Auguste Arthur de la Rive (1801–1873) and other scholars. It enjoyed a wide audience in the various French-speaking countries of Europe during the 19th century.

History

The initial form of the journal was the '' Bibliothèque Britannique'', which began publication in 1796, and focused on British science, techniques, literature and agriculture. Its founders and editors were

("Sciences & Arts"), Charles Pictet de Rochemont ("Literature"), and Frédéric-Guillaume Maurice ("Agriculture"). This journal was succeeded in 1816 by the ''Bibliothèque universelle des sciences, belles-lettres, et arts'', which kept the same editors until 1824–25 and was also published in three series, one focusing on science and techniques, another on literature, and a third one on agriculture. After Pictet's death (1825), the periodical was taken over by Georges Maurice (1799–1839) and Pictet de Rochemont's two sons, soon joined by a group of Genevan scholars including Etienne Dumont,

Pellegrino Rossi Pellegrino Luigi Odoardo Rossi (13 July 1787 – 15 November 1848) was an Italian economist, politician and jurist. He was an important figure of the July Monarchy in France, and the minister of justice in the government of the Papal States, unde ...

, Jacob Frederic Lullin de Châteauvieux, as well as

Augustin Pyramus de Candolle Augustin Pyramus (or Pyrame) de Candolle (, , ; 4 February 17789 September 1841) was a Swiss people, Swiss botany, botanist. René Louiche Desfontaines launched de Candolle's botanical career by recommending him at a herbarium. Within a couple ...

and Auguste De la Rive for the scientific part. In 1836, the two main series, science and literature, were merged for a period of ten years under the leadership of Auguste De la Rive and given the name of ''Bibliothèque universelle de Genève''. In 1846, the periodical was divided again between a series on literature, which kept the name of ''Bibliothèque universelle'' and a series on science, which took the name of ''Archives des sciences physiques et naturelles''. The ''Bibliothèque universelle'' went through many changes, which did not prevent its encyclopedic formula to become gradually obsolete. It disappeared in 1924. The ''Archives des sciences physiques et naturelles'' were edited until the first World War by Genevan men of science such as Auguste De la Rive, François-Jules Pictet-De la Rive (1809–1872), Casimir Pyrame de Candolle (1836–1918) and Edouard Sarasin (1843–1917). Renamed ''Archives des sciences'' in 1947, this periodical maintained its three issues a year until 2004. It still exists today as a local and non-specialized periodical of natural history and history of science.

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Archives des sciences
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bibliotheque universelle de Geneve University of Geneva Publications established in 1816 Multidisciplinary academic journals 19th-century publications Defunct journals Publications disestablished in 1858