Encyclopaedia Britannica

Historical Corpus (1771–1860) — 126,088 entries, 120.0M words

Browse the complete text of eight editions of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, spanning nearly a century of knowledge from 1771 to 1860. This corpus contains 114,359 articles and 11,729 cross-references, totalling 120,039,792 words.

1771

First Edition

2 volumes
7,721 articles
1,614 cross-references
42 treatises
1.8M words
Browse Edition
1778

Second Edition

10 volumes
13,218 articles
1,193 cross-references
263 treatises
9.4M words
Browse Edition
1797

Third Edition

18 volumes
16,017 articles
1,292 cross-references
507 treatises
16.0M words
Browse Edition
1810

Fourth Edition

20 volumes
16,858 articles
2,286 cross-references
500 treatises
17.6M words
Browse Edition
1815

Edition

20 volumes
16,946 articles
2,242 cross-references
457 treatises
17.4M words
Browse Edition
1823

Sixth Edition

21 volumes
15,000 articles
2,108 cross-references
494 treatises
17.5M words
Browse Edition
1842

Seventh Edition

21 volumes
15,818 articles
339 cross-references
602 treatises
19.2M words
Browse Edition
1860

Eighth Edition

21 volumes
12,781 articles
655 cross-references
647 treatises
21.2M words
Browse Edition

Corpus Summary

Edition Volumes Articles Cross-refs Treatises Words
1st Edition 2 7,721 1,614 42 1,760,147
2nd Edition 10 13,218 1,193 263 9,350,009
3rd Edition 18 16,017 1,292 507 15,999,831
4th Edition 20 16,858 2,286 500 17,641,664
1815 20 16,946 2,242 457 17,357,973
6th Edition 21 15,000 2,108 494 17,526,334
7th Edition 21 15,818 339 602 19,173,464
8th Edition 21 12,781 655 647 21,230,370
Total 133 114,359 11,729 3,512 120,039,792