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The New Caxton Encyclopedia

Also known as: “Purnell’s New English Encyclopedia”

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history of encyclopaedias

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    In encyclopaedia: The 20th century and beyond

    …major instances of coproduction involved The New Caxton Encyclopedia, which originated in Italy with Istituto Geografico de Agostini and subsequently appeared in Great Britain, first sold in serial parts as Purnell’s New English Encyclopedia (1966) and then in a bound set of 18 volumes (1966); in France there appeared a…

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