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The Encyclopædia Britannica (Latin for "British Encyclopaedia"), formerly published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia. It was written by about 100 full-time editors and more than 4,000 contributors. The 2010 version of the 15th edition, which spans 32 volumes and 32,640 pages, was the last printed edition.
Encyclopædia Britannica
Britannica's logo of a blue thistle
Britannica's thistle logo
Author
As of 2008, 4,411 named contributors
Illustrator
Several; initial engravings by Andrew Bell
Country
United Kingdom (1768–1901)
United States (1901–present)
Language
British English
Subject
General
Published
1st through 6th editions (1768–1826): private publishers such as Andrew Bell, Archibald Constable, and Colin Macfarquhar
7th through 9th editions (1827–1901): A & C Black
10th through 14th editions (1901–1973): American businesses, including Sears Roebuck and the Benton Foundation
15th edition: Benton Foundation and Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. (as a separate entity, alongside Britannica.com Inc.)
Publisher
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Publication date
1768–2010 (printed version)
Media type
32 volumes, hardbound (15th edition, 2010); after 2012 unavailable in print
Pages
32,640 (15th edition, 2010)
ISBN
978-1-59339-292-5
Dewey Decimal
031
LC Class
AE5 .E363 2007
Text
Encyclopædia Britannica at Wikisource
The Britannica is the English-language encyclopaedia that was in print for the longest time: it lasted 244 years. It was first published between 1768 and 1771 in the Scottish capital of Edinburgh, as three volumes. (This first edition is available in facsimile.) The encyclopaedia grew in size: the second edition was 10 volumes,and by its fourth edition (1801–1810) it had expanded to 20 volumes.[3] Its rising stature as a scholarly work helped recruit eminent contributors, and the 9th (1875–1889) and 11th editions (1911) are landmark encyclopaedias for scholarship and literary style. Beginning with the 11th edition and following its acquisition by an American firm, the Britannica shortened and simplified articles to broaden its appeal to the North American market. In 1933, the Britannica became the first encyclopaedia to adopt "continuous revision", in which the encyclopaedia is continually reprinted, with every article updated on a schedule[citation needed]. In March 2012, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. announced it would no longer publish printed editions, and would focus instead on Encyclopædia Britannica Online.