…The first edition was published in three volumes between 1768 and 1771. Edinburgh engraver Andrew Bell (1726-1809) and printer Colin MacFarquhar (c. 1745-c. 1793) commissioned printer and scholar William Smellie (1740-1795) to compile it, and began publishing it with the plan of publishing 100 double-column quarto volumes every week, which were then compiled into three volumes after completion. They considered the approach of conventional encyclopedias to be the folly of breaking down science into individual terms and explaining them in alphabetical order, and attempted to systematically describe the principles of science. … *Some of the terminology that mentions "Smellie, W. (printer)" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…初版は全3巻,1768年から71年にかけて刊行された。エジンバラの版画家ベルAndrew Bell(1726‐1809)と印刷業者マックファーカーColin MacFarquhar(1745ころ‐93ころ)が,印刷業者で学者のスメリーWilliam Smellie(1740‐95)に編纂を依頼,2段組み四つ折本100分冊を毎週刊行する計画で出版を始め,完結後3巻にまとめた。従来の百科事典の方針は〈科学を個々の術語に分解し,アルファベット順に並べて説明しようとする愚行〉だとして,科学の原理を体系的に叙述することを試みた。… ※「Smellie,W.(印刷業者)」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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