Hungarian lexicon

The Hungarian lexicon (Hungarian "Magyar lexikon"), subtitled the encyclopaedia of all sciences (Hungarian "Az összes tudományok encziklopédiája"), was a general Hungarian lexicon.

History The work appeared in Budapest between 1879 and 1885 in 160 booklets, which were later bound into 16 volumes. (There were also 17 volume versions.) The work contained 160 pictorial appendices. Its editor was Ede Somogyi. A I – XIV. published by Frigyes Rautmann. A XV. volume was published by Lajos Gerő's Publishing Office, the 16th was published by Pallas Literary and Printing Company.

The small-shaped (21 cm x 15 cm) volumes have a total volume of about 10,200 pages. The work is now rare in antique offerings. There is no reprint edition.

Order of volumes

Volume I A–Asuncion 1879 640 Volume II Asuncion–Banko 1879 631 Volume III Bankok–Bianchi 1879 640 Volume IV Bianchi–Bunkócz 1879 640 Volume V Bunsen–Danhauser 1880 636 Volume VI Dánia–Encziklopédia 1880 640 Volume VII Encziklopédisták–Franczia művészet 1880 636 Volume VIII Franczia nyelv–Haute volée 1881 636 Volume IX Hautgout–Julianna 1881 636 Volume X Julianus–Könyvnyomtatás 1882 636 Volume XI Könyvornamentika–Magyar Tempe 1882 636 Volume XII Magyar tengermellék–Nogáll 1883 636 Volume XIII Nogat–Planetarium 1883 636 Volume XIV Planetoidok–Sopor 1884 624 Volume XV Sopornya–Vezér 1884 636 Volume XVI Vézére–Zsuzsok / Appendix: A–Zsuvat 1885 635

References

Further reading Kiszlingstein Sándor: Magyar könyvészet 1876–1885, Budapest, 1890 Antikvarium.hu

External links Digital edition