List of editions of the Brockhaus Conversation Lexicon
The following list is an overview of all editions of the Brockhaus-Konversationslexikons (1st to 14th edition), of the Großer Brockhaus (15th, 16th and 18th edition) and the Brockhaus Encyclopedia (17th, 19th, 20th and 21st edition) . Edition).
| Edition | year | tape |
|---|---|---|
| predecessor | 1796-1808 | Conversations -Lexicon with excellent consideration of the present times (6 volumes), incomplete. Lexicon by Renatus Gotthelf Löbel and Christian Wilhelm Franke. On October 25, 1808, Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus acquiredthe publishing rights and the stocks of the work at the Leipzig Book Fair |
| 1st edition | 1809 | Conversations lexicon or concise concise dictionary for the subjects that occur in social conversation from the sciences and arts with constant consideration of the events of the older and more recent times (6 volumes) |
| 1810-1811 | 2 supplementary volumes | |
| 2nd Edition | 1812-1819 | Conversation lexicon or hand dictionary for the educated classes ... (10 volumes) |
| 3. Edition | 1814-1819 | Conversation lexicon or encyclopedic concise dictionary for educated classes (10 volumes; the 5th – 10th volume are the same in the 2nd and 3rd edition, the volumes 8-10 are still the same in the 4th edition.) |
| 1818 | Supplementary tape for the owners of the 1st – 3rd Edition with the improvements of the 4th edition | |
| 4th edition | 1817-1819 | General hand encyclopedia for the educated classes (10 volumes) |
| 1819-1820 | Supplements in four sections (mostly in 2 volumes) for the owners of the 1st – 4th Edition with the improvements of the 5th edition | |
| 5th edition | 1819-1820 | General German Real Encyclopedia for the educated classes (Conversations Lexicon) (10 volumes) |
| 1824 | In addition, an extract of a supplement for owners of the 5th and earlier editions with the improvements of the 6th edition | |
| 6th edition | 1824 | General German Real Encyclopedia for the educated classes (Conversations Lexicon) (10 volumes) |
| 1822-1826 | on this and for earlier editions also appeared: "New series" = 2 volumes (in 4 volumes), 11th volume (first and second half) and 12th volume (first and second half) | |
| 1829 | In addition, an extract of a supplement volume for owners of the 6th and earlier editions and "New Series"
with the improvements of the 7th edition |
|
| 7th edition | 1827 |
General German real encyclopedia for the educated classes (Conversations-Lexikon)
(for the first time 12 volumes, larger format) |
| 1830 | 2. Revised print | |
| 8th edition | 1833-1837 | General German real encyclopedia for the educated classes (Conversations-Lexikon) (12 volumes) |
| 1839 | 1 volume: universal register | |
| 9th edition | 1843-1848 | General German Real Encyclopedia for the educated classes (Conversations Lexicon) (15 volumes) |
| 10th edition | 1851-1855 | General German Real Encyclopedia for the educated classes (Conversations Lexicon) (15 volumes) |
| 11th edition | 1864-1868 | General German Real Encyclopedia for the educated classes (Conversations Lexicon) (15 volumes) |
| 1872 | a supplement tape | |
| 12th edition | 1875-1879 | Conversations Lexicon. General German real encyclopedia (15 volumes) |
| 13th edition | 1882-1887 | Brockhaus Conversations Lexicon. General German Real Encyclopedia (16 volumes) |
| 1887 | a supplement tape | |
| 14th edition | 1892-1895 | Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexikon. (16 volumes) |
| 1897 | a supplement tape | |
| 1898 | Revised anniversary edition (17 volumes) | |
| 1901-1908 | New revised anniversary edition (17 volumes) | |
| 1908-1910 | dto., 4th edition of the 14th edition | |
| 1920 | dto., reprint of the 4th edition of the 14th edition (17 volumes; on title page: "1908 - reprint 1920") | |
| 15th edition | 1928-1935 | The Great Brockhaus (20 volumes) |
| 1935 | Supplementary Volume 21: A – Z | |
| 1937 | The Brockhaus Atlas: The world in pictures and maps | |
| 1939 | 2nd completely revised edition according to the ideological guidelines of the Third Reich (20 volumes + 1 atlas volume, of which only volume 1 [A – AST] was published due to the war - this one not often) | |
| 16th edition | 1952-1957 | The Great Brockhaus (12 volumes) |
| 1958 | Supplementary Volume 13: A – Z | |
| 1960 | Atlas | |
| 1963 | Second supplementary volume 14: A – Z | |
| 1967 | Second supplementary volume 14: A – Z, revised edition | |
| 17th edition | 1966-1974 | Brockhaus Encyclopedia (20 volumes) |
| 1975 | Unchanged anniversary edition in full leather (green) | |
| 1975 | Supplementary Volume 21: Maps | |
| Supplementary Volume 22: A – I | ||
| 1976 | Supplementary Volume 23: J – Z | |
| Supplementary volume 24: Picture dictionary of the German language | ||
| 1977 | Unchanged full leather edition (brown) | |
| 1981 | Supplementary Volume 25: A – Z | |
| 197? | Edition in gray linen cover | |
| 18th edition | 1977-1981 | The Great Brockhaus (12 volumes) |
| 1980 | Unchanged anniversary edition in royal blue buckram linen with rich gold stamping (175 years FAB) | |
| 1980 | Anniversary edition in natural leather (full leather edition) (175 years FAB) | |
| 1981 | Supplementary Volume 13: Maps | |
| 1982 | Supplementary Volume 14: Supplements A – Z | |
| 1982 | Supplementary volume 15: Picture dictionary of the German language | |
| 1980 | Supplementary volume 15 (sic!): German dictionary A – BT | |
| 1981 | Supplementary Volume 16: German Dictionary BU – FZ | |
| 1981 | Supplementary Volume 17: German Dictionary G – JZ | |
| 1982 | Supplementary Volume 18: German Dictionary K – OZ | |
| 1983 | Supplementary Volume 19: German Dictionary P – STD | |
| 1984 | Supplementary volume 20: German dictionary STE – ZZ | |
| 19th edition | 1986-1994 | Brockhaus Encyclopedia (24 volumes) |
| 1995 | Supplementary Volume 25: Register of Persons | |
| 1995 | Supplementary volume 26: German dictionary A – GLUB | |
| 1995 | Supplementary Volume 27: German Dictionary GLUC – REG | |
| 1995 | Supplementary Volume 28: German Dictionary REH – ZZ | |
| 1996 | Supplementary Volume 29: Dictionary English | |
| 1996 | Supplementary Volume 30: Supplements A – Z | |
| 1999 | Supplementary volume 31: Picture dictionary German-English-French | |
| 1999 | Supplementary volume 32: Quotes and phrases | |
| 1999 | Supplementary volume 33: Foreign dictionary (only for the Bertelsmann edition) | |
| 1988 | World Atlas 1st edition (509 pages) | |
| 1993 | World Atlas 2nd, revised edition (538 pages) | |
| 1997 | Weltatlas 2nd, revised edition, updated reprint (537 pages) | |
| 2001 | Weltatlas (special edition for Weltbild Verlag , 328 pages) | |
| 1989 | Limited special edition (1800 pieces), staged and designed by the Viennese action artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser . | |
| 20th edition | 1996-1999 | Brockhaus The Encyclopedia (24 volumes) |
| 1999 | Supplementary volume 25: The German-English-French picture dictionary | |
| 1999 | Supplementary volume 26: Large German-English / English-German dictionary | |
| 1999 | Supplementary volume 27: Quotes and phrases | |
| 1999 | Supplementary volume 28: A – GRUM (German dictionary in three volumes) | |
| 1999 | Supplementary volume 29: GRÜN – RICH (German dictionary in three volumes) | |
| 1999 | Supplementary volume 30: RICK – Z (German dictionary in three volumes) | |
| 2000 | Limited special edition (2000 pieces), staged and designed by the Viennese action artist André Heller . | |
| 2001 | Limited study edition (24 volumes paperback) | |
| 21st edition | 2005-2006 | Brockhaus Encyclopedia (30 volumes with audio library [about 4000 audio samples on CD]) |
| 2007 | Limited special edition (999 pieces), with five works of art by the artist and actor Armin Mueller-Stahl on the spine. |
literature
- FA Brockhaus: Complete list of works published from 1906–1960 , Wiesbaden 1962, pp. 43–46
- Heinrich Brockhaus (ed.): Complete directory of the works published by FA Brockhaus in Leipzig from its foundation by Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus in 1805 until his centenary birthday in 1872 , Leipzig 1872–1875, pp. XXXVII – XLVI
- Heinrich Brockhaus (Ed.): Complete directory of the works published by FA Brockhaus in Leipzig from 1873 to its centenary in 1905 , Leipzig 1905, pp. 81–119
- Anja zum Hingst: The history of the Großer Brockhaus: from Conversationslexikon zur Enzyklopädie , Wiesbaden 1995, ISBN 3-447-03740-7 , pp. 92-101
- Otmar Seemann, Martin Peche [arr.], Hugo Wetscherek [eds.]: Bibliotheca Lexicorum. Annotated directory of the Otmar Seemann collection . Antiquariat Inlibris, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-9500813-5-6 , pp. 54–118
- Gert A. Zischka: Index lexicorum. Bibliography of Lexical Reference Works . Hollinek Brothers Publishing House, Vienna 1959
Web links
Wikisource: Editions and digital copies on the Internet - sources and full texts
- The Brockhaus editions . In: Lexikon und Enzyklopädie.de
- The Brockhaus editions . In: Konversations-Lexikon.de