The Encyclopædia Edinensis was a six-volume general encyclopedia published in Edinburgh in 1827, and intended for a popular audience. It was edited by James Millar, who died just before it was complete. [1]
Work began on the Encyclopædia in 1816. [5] Millar edited the fourth and part of the fifth editions of the Encyclopædia Britannica and had contributed extensively to both. His goal with the Edinensis was to create a more popular work. However, his use of a large quarto format, the same size as the Britannica, hampered the project because smaller duodecimal formats were more easily handled. [6]
The editorial line was quite sympathetic to phrenology. According to the Phrenological Journal, Sommers approved the inclusion of the uncritical article "Phrenology". [7] Poole in 1819 wrote for the encyclopedia an article on education, an early treatment from the point of phrenology. [8]
The Encyclopædia Edinensis was a six-volume general encyclopedia published in Edinburgh in 1827, and intended for a popular audience. It was edited by James Millar, who died just before it was complete. [1]
Work began on the Encyclopædia in 1816. [5] Millar edited the fourth and part of the fifth editions of the Encyclopædia Britannica and had contributed extensively to both. His goal with the Edinensis was to create a more popular work. However, his use of a large quarto format, the same size as the Britannica, hampered the project because smaller duodecimal formats were more easily handled. [6]
The editorial line was quite sympathetic to phrenology. According to the Phrenological Journal, Sommers approved the inclusion of the uncritical article "Phrenology". [7] Poole in 1819 wrote for the encyclopedia an article on education, an early treatment from the point of phrenology. [8]