A Repository of Modern Knowledge: (Hungarian: Ujabb kori ismeretek tára), subtitled an Encyclopedia of Sciences and Political Social Life (Hungarian: Tudományok és politikai társas élet encyclopædiája) is a Hungarian lexicon published in the middle of the 19th century.
| Original title | Ujabb kori ismeretek tára |
|---|---|
| Country | Hungary |
| Language | Hungarian |
| Published | 1850-1855 |
| No. of books | six |
History
editThe large-scale work, published by Gusztáv Heckenast in Pest between 1850 and 1855, processed the various branches of knowledge in six volumes.[1] There is still no facsimile edition of the work, but the volumes are available in electronic form free of charge from Google Books, cf. below.
Order of volumes
edit| Number | Title (Document) | Publication Year | Number of pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | Aargau – Brockhaus | 1850 | 684 |
| II | Brodzinszky-Ehrenfels | 1850 | 666 |
| III | Eichendorff – Girardin | 1851 | 666 |
| IV | Girod de l'Ain – Kazan | 1852 | 672 |
| V | Kazinczy – Pauperismus | 1853 | 664 |
| VI | Paxton – Zürich | 1855 | 627 |
References
edit- ^ "Ismeretek, tára, Ujabb kori –. Tanulmányok és politikai társas élet encyclopaediája. 6 köt. (n. 8-r.) Pesten, 1850-55. Heckenast … | MAGYAR KÖNYVÉSZET 1712–1920 | Kézikönyvtár". www.arcanum.com (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2024-09-09.
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