List of 19th-century encyclopedias

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1800s

 * Encyclopaedia Londinensis (1801)
 * The Cyclopædia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature ed. Abraham Rees (1802–1819)
 * Domestic Encyclopedia (1802)
 * English Encyclopaedia (1802)
 * Kendal's Pocket Encyclopedia (1802, second edition 1811)
 * Minor Encyclopedia (1803), edited by Thaddeus M. Harris, in the United States; copies much of Kendal's Pocket Encyclopedia
 * Encyclopædia Perthensis (Perth, Scotland, 1803; 1816)
 * The New and Complete American Encyclopædia or Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1805–1811)
 * A Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1806–7)
 * Edinburgh Encyclopædia (1808–1830)
 * British Encyclopedia, or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1809)

1810s

 * The imperial encyclopaedia, or, Dictionary of the sciences and arts : comprehending also the whole circle of miscellaneous literature by Thomas Exley and William Moore Johnson (1812)
 * Pantologia (1813)
 * Encyclopedia mancuniensis (1815) (Link contains Vol. 2)
 * Modern Encyclopaedia edited by Amyas Deane Burrowes (1816)
 * Encyclopædia Metropolitana (1817)

1820s

 * Encyclopædia Edinensis (1827)
 * Oxford Encyclopedia (1828) (Link contains Vols. 4 and 5)
 * London Encyclopaedia (1829)
 * Encyclopaedia Americana (1829–1833), 13 volumes, editor Francis Lieber.
 * Cabinet Cyclopedia (1829)

1830s

 * Maunder's Treasury of Knowledge and Library of Reference (1830)
 * Treasury of Knowledge and Library of Reference (1833)
 * British Cyclopaedia of the Arts and Sciences (1833)
 * Penny Cyclopaedia (1833–1846)
 * National Cyclopaedia of Useful Knowledge (1847)
 * National Cyclopedia (1867)
 * Imperial Cyclopaedia (1850)
 * English Cyclopaedia (1854–1862, supp. 1869–1873), later served as the basis for the Everyman's Encyclopaedia (1913)
 * Chambers's Information for the People (1835)

1840s

 * Popular Encyclopedia or Conversations Lexicon (1841)
 * New Popular Encyclopedia (1901)
 * Modern Cyclopedia of Universal Knowledge (1906)
 * Blackie's Modern Cyclopaedia of Universal Information (1889) (link contains Vols. 1–3, 5)
 * New Cabinet Cyclopedia and Treasury of Knowledge (1891) American ed.
 * New National Cyclopedia and Treasury (1899)
 * XXth century Cyclopaedia and Atlas (1901)
 * New Twentieth Century Cyclopaedia (1903)
 * New and Complete Universal Self-Pronouncing Dictionary (1905)
 * New Cosmopolitan Encyclopaedia (1906)
 * National Encyclopedia of Reference (1912)
 * Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art (1842)

1850s

 * Library of General Knowledge (1850)
 * Iconographic Encyclopaedia of Science, Literature and Art (1851); New and enlarged edition (1886)
 * Popular Educator (1852)
 * The Popular educator: a complete encyclopaedia (1884)
 * New Popular Educator (1890)
 * Enquire Within Upon Everything (1856)
 * New American Cyclopaedia (1857–1863), 16 volumes, editors George Ripley and Charles A. Dana
 * Annual Cyclopedia (1862; an annual supplement to the New American Cyclopeadia; renamed Appleton's Annual Cyclopedia in 1876; final edition in 1903)
 * American Cyclopaedia (1873–1876), the retitled New American Cyclopaedia
 * Family Cyclopaedia (1859)

1860s

 * Chambers's Encyclopaedia (1860)
 * World Almanac (1868)
 * Whitaker's Almanack (1868)

1870s

 * Zell's Popular Encyclopedia (1870)
 * National Encyclopedia (1873) A re-issue of Zell's
 * People's Encyclopedia (1873) A British abridgement of Zell's
 * Universal Encyclopedia (1878) A re-issue of Zell's
 * School Encyclopedia (1899) A re-issue of Zell's
 * Globe Encyclopaedia of Universal Information (1876)
 * Student's Encyclopaedia of Universal Knowledge (1883) A re-issue of Globe
 * Illustrated Globe Encyclopaedia (1890–93) An illustrated re-issue of Globe
 * Johnson's New Universal Cyclopaedia (1876–1878), 4 volumes; editors Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard and Arnold Henry Guyot
 * Johnson's (revised) universal cyclopaedia (1886)
 * Johnson's Universal Cyclopaedia (1893–1897)
 * Universal Cyclopaedia (1900)
 * Encyclopedic Dictionary (1879)
 * Lloyd's encyclopaedic dictionary (1895) (link only contains Vols. 1-2 and 5)
 * International Encyclopedia and Dictionary (1900)
 * International dictionary and cyclopaedia (1901)
 * Imperial dictionary and Cyclopaedia (1901)
 * Beeton's dictionary of universal information (1879)
 * Library of Universal Knowledge (1879), a reprint of Chambers's Encyclopaedia with American additions; many editions through the 1880s
 * International Cyclopaedia A re-issue in 1893, many editions during the 1890s.
 * New International Encyclopedia (1904)

1880s

 * Universal Instructor (1880)
 * Little Cyclopaedia of Common Things (1882)
 * People's Cyclopedia of Universal Knowledge (1883)
 * New People's Cyclopedia of Universal Knowledge 1889 re-issue (Three of four vols. in link)
 * Cassell's Concise Cyclopaedia (1883)
 * Cassell's Cabinet Encyclopedia (1904)
 * Peale's Popular Educator and Cyclopedia (1883)
 * Home Library of Useful Knowledge 1886 re-issue
 * Library of National Information and Popular Knowledge Vols 3-4, Vols 5-6 (1884)
 * Home Teacher (1886)
 * Cassell's Miniature Cyclopaedia (1888)
 * Pocket Encyclopaedia (1888)
 * Century Dictionary (1889)
 * Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia (1901)

1890s

 * Ready Reference (1890)
 * World Wide Encyclopedia and Gazetteer (1890)
 * Cassell's Storehouse of General Information (1891)
 * Cassell's Encyclopedia of General Information (1908)
 * The Complete Compendium of Universal Knowledge (1891)
 * Ogilvie's Encyclopedia of Useful Information (1891)
 * Chamber's Condensed Encyclopedia (1895)
 * Harper's Book of Facts (1895)
 * Pears Cyclopaedia (1897), originally named Pears' Shilling Cyclopaedia
 * The People's Select Cyclopedia (1897), by Charles Nisbett
 * Standard Cyclopaedia (1897)
 * X-Rays of Intellectual Light (1899)
 * Standard American Book of Knowledge (1900)
 * World's Book of Knowledge (1901)
 * 20th Century Book of Universal Knowledge (1901)
 * American Educator and Library of Knowledge (1902)
 * New Century Cyclopedia of Universal Knowledge (1902)
 * American Home Educator and Book of Universal Knowledge (1903)
 * Standard Library of Knowledge (1904)
 * Chandler's Encyclopedia (1898)
 * New Complete Condensed Encyclopedia (1909)
 * Universal Cyclopaedia and Dictionary edited by Charles Morris (1898)
 * International Library of Reference (1899)
 * Universal Reference Library (1900)
 * Twentieth Century Encyclopedia link goes to vols. 2, 5 and 6 (1901)
 * Imperial Reference Library (1901)
 * Columbian Cyclopaedia (1899)
 * Imperial Encyclopedia and Dictionary (1903)
 * New Imperial Encyclopedia and Dictionary (1906)
 * United Editors Encyclopedia and Dictionary (1909)
 * United Editors Perpetual Encyclopedia (1911)
 * Werner's Universal Encyclopedia (1899)

Britannica

 * Supplement to the third edition (1801, 1803)
 * Fourth edition (1810)
 * Fifth edition (1817)
 * Sixth edition (1823)
 * Supplement to the fifth edition, (later known as the supplement to the fourth, fifth and sixth editions) (1824)
 * Seventh edition (1842)
 * Eighth edition (1860)
 * Ninth edition (1889)

Arabic

 * Al-Muhit al Muhit ("The ocean of oceans"), Butrus al-Bustani (1867)

Czech

 * Riegrův slovník naučný (11 volumes, 1860–1874; supplement vol. 1890. Online)
 * Stručný všeobecný slovník věcný (9 volumes, 1874–1885, online)
 * Příruční slovník všeobecných vědomostí (2 volumes, 1882–1887, editor Josef Rank, vol 1 online)
 * Otto's encyclopedia (Ottův slovník naučný, 28 vols., 1888–1909, 12 supplement vols., Ottův slovník naučný nové doby (incomplete), 1930–1943, volumes 1–28 online)

Danish

 * Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon (19 volumes, 1893–1911)

Dutch

 * Winkler Prins Geïllustreerde Encyclopaedie (1870–1882; 2nd ed. 1884–1888)

French

 * Dictionnaires généraux, universels, encyclopédiques, et autres… - a bibliography of French encyclopedias up to Larousse
 * Encyclopédie Méthodique (Panckoucke), 1782–1832
 * Encyclopédie nouvelle (Pierre Leroux and Jean Reynaud), 1839–1840
 * Petite Encyclopédie du jeune âge, Larousse (1853)
 * Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle by Pierre Larousse (17 volumes 1866–1877), really an encyclopedia despite its name
 * La Grande Encyclopédie, general secretaries of the editorial board: Ferdinand-Camille Dreyfus and André Berthelot (31 volumes 1886–1902)

German

 * Oekonomische Encyklopädie (General System of State, City, Home and Agriculture), Editor Johann Georg Krünitz (242 Volumes 1773–1858)
 * Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste (Ersch–Gruber; 1818–1889, uncompleted)
 * Brockhaus (eds. 1–14 by 1900)
 * Pierers Universal-Lexikon (1824–1836; 7th ed. 1888–1893)
 * Meyers Konversations-Lexikon (1839–1855; 5th ed. 1893–1897)
 * Herders Konversations-Lexikon (1854–1857; 2nd ed. 1875–1879)

Hungarian

 * Egyetemes magyar encyclopaedia (1859–1876) (→ hu)
 * A Pallas Nagy Lexikona (1893–1897)

Italian

 * Piccola Enciclopedia (1853)
 * Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana (1875)
 * Enciclopedia universale illustrata (1887) by Francesco Vallardi

Japanese

 * Gunsho Ruijū (1819)
 * Koji Ruien (1896–1914)

Persian

 * Yadgar-i-Bahaduri (1834)

Polish

 * Encyklopedia Powszechna or Encyklopedia Orgelbranda (1st Edition, 28 volumes, 1859–1868)
 * Encyyklopedia Kościelna (33 volumes, 1873–1933)

Romanian

 * Enciclopedia română (Editor: Constantin Diaconovich, 3 volumes, 1896–1904)

Russian

 * Plyushar's Encyclopedic Lexicon (17 volumes, 1834–1841)
 * Starchevsky's Spravochny entsiklopedichesky slovar (12 volumes, 1847–55)
 * Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (86 volumes, 1890–1906)
 * Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary (9 volumes, 1891–1903)

Spanish

 * Enciclopedia moderna (1851), Francisco de P. Mellado

Swedish

 * Conversations-lexicon (4 volumes, 1821–1826), a translation of Brockhaus 2nd edition
 * Svenskt konversationslexikon (4 volumes, 1845–1851), by Per Gustaf Berg
 * Nordisk familjebok (20 volumes, 1876–1899; 2nd ed. 1904–1926)

Telugu

 * Pedda Bala Siksha (1832)

Turkish

 * Kamus-ül-Ulûm ve’l-Maarif Editor Ali Suavi, 1870
 * Lûgaat-i Tarihiye ve Coğrafiye Editor Ahmet Rıfat Efendi, 1881 (7 volumes)
 * Sicil-i Osmani Editor Mehmet Süreyya Bey, 1890
 * Kamus-ül-Alam Editor » : Şemsettin Sami, 1899 (6 volumes)

Welsh

 * Encyclopaedia Cambrensis (1854)

Specialist encyclopedias

 * The Engineer's and Mechanic's Encyclopaedia (1836/1837; 2nd ed. 1849; often cited as Hebert's Encyclopaedia)
 * Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures (1852; often cited as Tomlinson's Cyclopaedia)
 * Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1842)
 * Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology  (1870)
 * Cyclopaedia of Political Science - Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and the Political History of the United States by the Best American and European Writers] (1881–1899), John J. Lalor
 * The Cyclopedia of New Zealand (1897–1908, mainly self-published)
 * Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1870)
 * Dictionary of Political Economy (1894–1899), by Inglis Palgrave
 * Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898–1904)
 * Cyclopedia of Universal History (1880–1884), world history
 * Ridpath's Universal History (1895), world history
 * Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique, François-Joseph Fétis (1835–1844)
 * Dictionnaire de chimie pure et appliquée, Charles-Adolphe Wurtz (1874–1878)
 * Dictionnaire de botanique, Henri Ernest Baillon (1876–1892)
 * Nouvelle Biographie Générale, Ferdinand Hoefer (1853–1866)
 * Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft, "Pauly–Wissowa" (1839–1852, 2nd ed. 1890–1980)
 * Realencyklopädie für protestantische Theologie und Kirche, Johann Jakob Herzog (1853–1868)
 * Handbuch der Organischen Chemie, Friedrich Konrad Beilstein (1880–1882)
 * Lexikon der gesamten Technik, Otto Lueger (1st Edition 1894–1899)
 * Encyklopädie der mathematischen Wissenschaften, Felix Klein (1898–1933)
 * Enzyklopädie der philosophischen Wissenschaften im Grundrisse, G. F. W. Hegel (1817)
 * Diccionario geográfico, estadístico, histórico, de la isla de Cuba (1863–66)
 * Military Encyclopedic Lexicon (15 volumes, 1837–1852)
 * Encyclopedia of Military and Marine Sciences (8 volumes, 1883–1897)