A Repository of Modern Knowledge

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.

A Repository of Modern Knowledge
Original title
Ujabb kori ismeretek tára
CountryHungary
LanguageHungarian
Published1850-1855
No. of bookssix

History

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The 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

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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

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  1. ^ "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.