A Pallas nagy lexikona

A Pallas nagy lexikona (Pallas's Great Encyclopedia) was the first Hungarian encyclopedia which was not a translation from other languages. It was published by the Pallas Literary and Press Corporation between 1893 and 1897. The encyclopedia comprised 16 volumes, 150 000 articles, and it was the work of 300 authors.

History

A Pallas nagy lexikona (literally Pallas's large encyclopedia) is a great universal encyclopedia in Hungarian.

It gradually developed in the years 1893 to 1897 in Budapest. In 1900 it was issued as two parts, but the Encyclopedia eventually reached a total of 18 volumes containing more than 150,000 entries. Chief editor was József Bokor. The authors were renowned Hungarian scientists, most of whom were members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. In 1911 the company published under the title Révai Nagy Lexikona. In the 20th century in Hungary it achieved great popularity. The latest edition was published in 1935 in 21 volumes. In 1998 Arcanum Adatbázis Kft encyclopedia was completely digitized and sold on CD-carriers.

Order of volumes

Volume Number	Volume title	Year of publication	Number of pages
Volume I.	A–Aradmegye	1893	812
Volume II.	Arafale–Békalen	1893	837
Volume III.	Békalencse–Burgonyavész	1893	845
Volume IV.	Burgos–Damjanich	1893	884
Volume V.	Dammara–Elektromos gép	1893	861
Volume VI.	Elektromos hal–Fék	1894	803
Volume VII.	Fekbér–Geszt	1894	965
Volume VIII.	Gesztely–Hegyvám	1894	816
Volume IX.	Hehezet–Kacor	1895	1027
Volume X.	Kacs–Közellátás	1895	965
Volume XI.	Közép–Magyal	1895	823
Volume XII.	Magyar–Nemes	1896	1047
Volume XIII.	Nemes ág–Pillér	1896	1065
Volume XIV.	Pillera–Simor	1897	1115
Volume XV.	Simor-kódex–Tearózsa	1897	980
Volume XVI.	Téba–Zsuzsok	1897	1242
additional volume I.	A–J	1904	792
additional volume II.	K–Z	1904	864

External links

• Pallas's Great Encyclopedia – Online edition