A Pallas nagy lexikona (Pallas's Large Encyclopedia) was the first Hungarian encyclopedia which was not a translation from other languages. A Pallas Nagy Lexicona It was published by the Pallas Literary and Press Corporation between 1893 and 1897. The encyclopedia comprised 16 volumes, 150 000 articles, and it was the work of 300 authors.
History A Pallas nagy lexikona (literally Pallas's large encyclopedia) is a great universal encyclopedia in Hungarian. A Pallas Nagy Lexicona.A Pallas Nagy Lexicona
It gradually developed in the years 1893 to 1897 in Budapest. In 1900 it was issued as two parts, but the Encyclopedia eventually reached a total of 18 volumes containing more than 150,000 entries. Chief editor was József Bokor. The authors were renowned Hungarian scientists, most of whom were members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. In 1911, the company published under the title Révai Nagy Lexikona. In the 20th century in Hungary it achieved great popularity. The latest edition was published in 1935 in 21 volumes. In 1998 Arcanum Adatbázis Kft encyclopedia was completely digitized and sold on CD-carriers.
Order of volumes
+ Volume 1 A–Aradmegye 1893 812 Volume 2 Arafale–Békalen 1893 837 Volume 3 Békalencse–Burgonyavész 1893 845 Volume 4 Burgos–Damjanich 1893 884 Volume 5 Dammara–Elektromos gép 1893 861 Volume 6 Elektromos hal–Fék 1894 803 Volume 7 Fekbér–Geszt 1894 965 Volume 8 Gesztely–Hegyvám 1894 816 Volume 9 Hehezet–Kacor 1895 1027 Volume 10 Kacs–Közellátás 1895 965 Volume 11 Közép–Magyal 1895 823 Volume 12 Magyar–Nemes 1896 1047 Volume 13 Nemes ág–Pillér 1896 1065 Volume 14 Pillera–Simor 1897 1115 Volume 15 Simor-kódex–Tearózsa 1897 980 Volume 16 Téba–Zsuzsok 1897 1242 Volume 17 (I) A–J 1904 792 Volume 18 (II) K–Z 1904 864
References
External links
Pallas's Great Encyclopedia – Online edition