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Kendal's Pocket Encyclopedia


Kendal's Pocket Encyclopedia was printed in London in 1802 by W. Peacock and Sons, with a second edition in 1811.

"A Pocket Encyclopedia; Or, Library of General Knowledge, Being a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Polite Literature". It was six very small volumes in a choice of 16mo or 24mo (5 3/8" tall), six individual tiny volumes, or six volumes in three as follows: Volume I: b&w frontis of 213pp; Volume II: 189pp; Volume III: 238pp. An encyclopedia which begins with "Abbe, a French word literally meaning an abbot" and ends with "Zootomy, the art or act of dissecting animals or living creatures."

The author was Edward-Augustus Kendal. An American version, edited and enlarged, was the Minor Encyclopedia.

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