Biblioteca Universale Sacro-Profana

The Biblioteca universale sacro-profana (1701–07) is an unfinished encyclopedia from the early 18th century, published in Italian by the Franciscan friar Vincenzo Coronelli.[1][2]

It was one of the first universal encyclopedias in a European vernacular language with entries arranged alphabetically. It was planned to contain 45 volumes, but only 7 volumes appeared, reaching the letter C.[3]

The Biblioteca universale is a bibliophilic rarity today. Few European libraries have the complete set of volumes. Exceptionally, the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, in Paris, has a complete set.

References

  1. ↑ Ebert, Friedrich Adolf (1837). A General Bibliographical Dictionary. University Press. p. 393.
  2. ↑ Robert Collison: Encyclopaedias: Their History Throughout the Ages. 2nd ed. New York & London 1966
  3. ↑ James L. Fuchs, "Natiionality and Knowledge in 18th-century Italy," Studies in 18th-century Culture 21 (1991): 207-18.
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