Penny Cyclopaedia
Encyclopedia
The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
was a multi-volume encyclopedia
edited by George Long and published by Charles Knight
alongside the Penny Magazine
. The volumes were published from 1833 to 1843.
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge , founded in 1826, and wound up in 1848, was a Whiggish London organisation that published inexpensive texts intended to adapt scientific and similarly high-minded material for the rapidly expanding reading public...
was a multi-volume encyclopedia
Encyclopedia
An encyclopedia is a type of reference work, a compendium holding a summary of information from either all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge....
edited by George Long and published by Charles Knight
Charles Knight (publisher)
Charles Knight was an English publisher and author.-Early life:The son of a bookseller and printer at Windsor, he was apprenticed to his father...
alongside the Penny Magazine
Penny Magazine
The Penny Magazine, published every Saturday from 31 March 1832 to 31 October 1845, was an illustrated British magazine aimed at the working class. Charles Knight created it for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge in response to Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, which started two months...
. The volumes were published from 1833 to 1843.
External links
- Penny Cyclopaedia digitised on Google Book Search