Encyclopædia Universalis

The Encyclopædia Universalis is a universal encyclopedia in French, Société d' édition published by the Encyclopaedia Universalis SA appears, a 1966 launched Community Foundation of the Club français du livre and the Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

It is created and maintained by 7,000 authors, and includes in the current edition of 30,000 articles in 28 volumes with a total of about 32,000 pages. The editors see the Encyclopædia Universalis in the tradition of encyclopedic creations by Denis Diderot and Jean Baptiste le Rond d' Alembert, in particular their published Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire in the 18th century raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers.

The project was started in 1964 by Claude Grégory. The first edition was published in 1968-1975 in 20 volumes, which was followed by 1980 and 1985 two supplementary volumes. Two more editions appeared in the 1980s, the second from 1984 to 1985 with a circumference of 22 volumes and a supplementary volume ( 1990) and the third from 1988 to 1989 in 24 volumes and a supplementary volume (1996). The third edition contained the first three index volumes. With the edition published in 1995 and the volume increased again to 28 volumes, of which four index volumes, and two supplementary volumes published in 1999. The fifth edition of 2002 also consisted of 28 volumes, including four index volumes, and was reprinted in 2006. In addition, multimedia editions are released on DVD as well as under the title Universalis Junior a ten -volume edition for children and adolescents.