The Encyclopedia Britannica 11th Edition

Not for contemporary research, of course, but a fascinating look at a world that was about to disappear, without any consciousness that it would happen.

The most interesting of all of the editions of EB. All the good and bad guys are clearly identified.

Everything you always wanted to know, before the encyclopedia producers dumbed down their products.

One of the gems in the British crown of letters and knowledge.

Unique 11th ed -1910. Flexible leather boards. . India paper (onionskin) Cambridge University Press, 1910 and 1911. Deluxe edition, in full green morocco leather. Complete in 29 volumes, including Index. Each volume approximately 9 inches by 12 inches. Flexible boards, top edges gilt. . Most spines replaced or covered with green book cloth and re-lettered. Edges of boards and papers reinforced with professional materials. Very clean and serviceable.. .Reputed to be the finest Encyclopedia ever published. All green leather cleaned and polished, repaired as needed.

this is the great 11th edition - before transfer of the company to the USA, complete in 29 volumes, india paper, leather bound

the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica to Wikisource. This edition is considered one of the best reference works of all time, and was the biggest edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica with 29 volumes, 44 million words, and 40,000 articles written by over 1,500 authors within their various fields of expertise.