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right ''Meyers Konversations-Lexikon'' or ''Meyers Lexikon'' was a major encyclopedia in the German language that existed in various editions, and by several titles, from 1839 to 1984, when it merged with the ''Brockhaus encyclopedia''. Joseph Meyer (1796-1856), who had founded the publishing house Bibliographisches Institut in 1826, intended to issue a universal encyclopaedia meant for a broad public: people having a general knowledge as well as businessmen, technicians and scholars, considering contemporary works like those of Pierer and Brockhaus to be superficial or obsolete. ==First edition== The first part of ''das Grosse Conversations-Lexikon für die gebildeten Stände'' ("Great encyclopaedia for the educated classes") appeared in October 1839. In contrast to its contemporaries, it contained maps and illustrations with the text. There is no indication of the planned number of volumes or a time limit for this project, but little headway had been made by the otherwise dynamic Meyer. After six years, 14 volumes had appeared, covering only one fifth of the alphabet. Another six years passed before the last (46th) volume was published. Six supplementary volumes finally finished the work in 1855. Ultimately numbering 52 volumes, ''das Grosse Conversations-Lexikon für die gebildeten Stände'' was the most comprehensive completed German encyclopedia of the 19th century, also called ''"der Wunder-Meyer"'' (The marvellous Meyer). The complete set was reprinted 1858-59. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Meyers Konversations-Lexikon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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