 Front cover of the 2017 edition of Pears' Cyclopaedia | |
| Editor | Chris Cook (1977–2017) |
|---|---|
| Author | Thomas J. Barratt (1897 (first ed.) -?)[1] |
| Language | English |
| Subject | General |
| Genre | Reference work; encyclopedia |
| Published | [2] |
| Publisher | Penguin |
Publication date | 1897–2017 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 832 (last ed.) |
| ISBN | 0141985542 ISBN of the last 2017 ed. |
| OCLC | 1023148764 |
| 032[3] | |
| Website | Official website |
Pears' Cyclopaedia was a one-volume encyclopaedia published in the United Kingdom. Pears' Soap launched the original Pears' Shilling Cyclopaedia in December 1897, the year of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
The first edition contained an English dictionary, a medical dictionary, a gazetteer and atlas, desk information and a compendium of general knowledge entitled "A Mass of Curious and Useful Information and Things that everyone ought to know in Commerce, History, Science, Religion, Literature and the other Topics of Ordinary Conversation".[4]
- ^ "Pears' Cyclopaedia; Thomas J. Barrett; early 1900s; 12987 – Te Awamutu Museum". NZMuseums. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ^ "Results for 'Pears' Cyclopaedia' > 'Book' [WorldCat.org]". WorldCat.org. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ^ "OCLC Classify -- an Experimental Classification Service". classify.oclc.org. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ^ Flood, Alison (1 September 2017). "Final chapter for Pears' Cyclopaedia after 125 years in print". the Guardian. Retrieved 28 June 2018.