''Enciclopedia Română'' was the first

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in the

Romanian language Romanian (obsolete spelling: Roumanian; , or , ) is the official and main language of Romania and Moldova. Romanian is part of the Eastern Romance languages, Eastern Romance sub-branch of Romance languages, a linguistic group that evolved fr ...

. It was published in three volumes by the

ASTRA Astra (Latin for "stars") may refer to: People * Astra (name) Places * Astra, Chubut, a village in Argentina * Astra (Isauria), a town of ancient Isauria, now in Turkey * Astra, one suggested name for a hypothetical fifth planet that became t ...

. The decision to published the ''Enciclopedia română'' was made at a meeting of the ASTRA on February 7, 1895. The Secretary of the organization Dr. Corneliu Diaconovich became editor in chief. The writers of this monumental work included may important figures; scholars, historians, journalists, literati and painters such as

Grigore Antipa Grigore Antipa (; 27 November 1867 in Botoșani – 9 March 1944 in Bucharest) was a Romanian naturalist, Zoology, zoologist, Ichthyology, ichthyologist, Ecology, ecologist, Oceanography, oceanologist, Darwinism, Darwinist biologist who studie ...

Victor Babeș Victor Babeș (; 28 July 1854 in Vienna – 19 October 1926 in Bucharest) was a Romanian physician, bacteriologist, academician and professor. One of the founders of modern microbiology, Victor Babeș is author of one of the first treatises of ba ...

, Leo Bachelin,

Valeriu Braniște Valeriu is a Romanian-language masculine given name, and may refer to: *Valeriu Cosarciuc (born 1955), Moldovan politician * Valeriu Cotea (1926–2016), Romanian oenologist * Valeriu Traian Frențiu (1875–1952), Romanian Greek Catholic bishop * ...

, Partenie Cosma, George Dima,

Ovid Densusianu Ovid Densusianu (; also known under his pen name Ervin; 29 December 1873, Făgăraș – 9 June 1938, Bucharest) was a Romanian poet, philologist, linguist, folklorist, literary historian and critic, chief of a poetry school, university professor ...

, Ionescu-Caion, George Lahovary,

Titu Maiorescu Titu Liviu Maiorescu (; 15 February 1840 – 18 June 1917) was a Romanian literary critic and politician, founder of the ''Junimea'' Society. As a literary critic, he was instrumental in the development of Culture of Romania, Romanian culture in ...

, Ludovic Mrazec,

Constantin Rădulescu-Motru Constantin Rădulescu-Motru (; born Constantin Rădulescu, he added the surname ''Motru'' in 1892; February 15, 1868 – March 6, 1957) was a Romanian philosopher, psychologist, sociologist, logician, academic, dramatist, as well as Left-win ...

Dimitrie Onciul Dimitrie Onciul (26 October / 7 November 1856 – 20 March 1923) was a Romanian historian. He was a member of the Romanian Academy and its president from 1920 until his death in 1923. Biography Onciul was born in Straja, at the time in the Duch ...

Theodor Speranția Theodor Dimitrie Speranția (; born Theodor Dimitrie Nădejde ; May 4, 1856 – March 9, 1929) was a Romanian playwright, humorist, folklorist and journalist. Born in Deleni, Iași County, his father was D. Nădejde, a Romanian Orthodox deacon; ...

, Alexandru A. Suțu,

Nicolae Teclu Nicolae Teclu (); (11 October 1839, Kronstadt, Austrian Empire (today Brașov, Romania) – 13 July 1916, Vienna, Austria-Hungary) was a Romanian chemist, who gave his name to the worldwide-used " Teclu burner". He studied engineering and a ...

, Alexandru D. Xenopol etc. The three volumes of the work were published by W. Kraft of

Sibiu Sibiu ( , , , Hungarian: ''Nagyszeben'', , Transylvanian Saxon: ''Härmeschtat'' or ''Hermestatt'') is a city in central Romania, situated in the historical region of Transylvania. Located some north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles th ...

: * Volume I, had 936 pages, contained 10,401 articles (from A to

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...

) 9 maps, 111 illustrations and appendices, appeared in 1898. * Volume II, had 947 pages, contained 8,402 articles ( Copepode to

Keman (Japanese phoneticization from the Sanskrit ''kusumamālā'' "Garland of Flowers"), is a Buddhist ritual decoration, placed hanging on the beam of the inner sanctuary before the enshrined Buddha, in the main hall of the temple. (revised editio ...

) one map, 2 annexes and 20 illustrations, appeared in 1900
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* Volume III, had 1276 pages, contained 18,819 articles (

Kemet Kemet, kmt or km.t may refer to: * Kemet or kmt, an ancient name of Egypt. It means black land, but refers to the fertile soil that was flooded by the Nile river, not the color of the Egyptians. * KEMET Corporation, American capacitor manufacture ...

Zymotic Zymotic disease was a 19th-century medical term for acute infectious diseases, especially "chief fevers and contagious diseases (e.g. typhus and typhoid fevers, smallpox, scarlet fever, measles, erysipelas, cholera, whooping-cough, diphtheria, et ...

) 2 maps, 2 annexes and 16 illustrations, appeared in 1904
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, 10 August 2012, Virgil Lazar, ''România liberă'' *
Enciclopedia română; publicată din insărcinarea și sub auspiciile Asociațiunii pentru literatura română și cultura poporului român de Dr. C. Diaconoich.
' second and third volumes at

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