Cyclopaedia : or, an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences […]
Ephraïm Chambers (1680-1740) Londres, 1741, 2 volumes
The Cyclopaedia was published in 1728 and was so successful in England that it was reprinted several times. Its translation into French inspired Diderot and D’Alembert’s own Encyclopédie. The collective nature of their project was a break with the past: no single individual could claim to know everything.