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Facsimile of one of William Henry Ireland's forgeries, a primitive self-portrait of William Shakespeare(tinted engraving). Published for Samuel Ireland, Norfolk Street, Strand, December 1, 1795. (W.H. Ireland, forgery)

The Time a Law Clerk Successfully Forged a New Shakespeare Play to Impress His Dad

Town of Sisimiut located on the coast of the Davis Strait on Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay, Greenland

The Largest Islands in the World

Monitor. Varanus salvadorii is a monitor lizard found in New Guinea can grows to 2.7 metres (9 ft.) aka Tree crocodile, Crocodile monitor, Salvadori's monitor, artellia, reptile

7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Lizards and Turtles

The impeachment trial of Pres. Andrew Johnson, illustration from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, March 28, 1868.

What If the President Is Impeached?

Orange basketball on black background and with low key lighting. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

The 10 Greatest Basketball Players of All Time

Panama Canal infographic

Timeline and Map of the Panama Canal

Nativity Scene, Adoration of the Magi, Church of the Birth of the Virgin Mary, Montenegro

Why Is Christmas in December?

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comparison with “Encyclopædia Britannica”
- In Encyclopædia Britannica: First edition
- In Encyclopædia Britannica: Third edition
compilation by philosophes
- In philosophe
distinction between pure and applied mathematics
- In mathematics: Analysis and mechanics
encyclopaedia
- In encyclopaedia: The development of the modern encyclopaedia (17th–18th centuries)
- In encyclopaedia: Content arrangement
history of Enlightenment
- In history of Europe: The Encyclopédie
influenced by Chambers’ “Cyclopaedia”
- In Cyclopædia
Materialist views
- In Western philosophy: Materialism and scientific discovery
place in French literature
- In French literature: The Enlightenment

contribution by

Alembert
- In Jean Le Rond d’Alembert: The Encyclopédie
Blondel
- In Jacques-François Blondel
Diderot
- In Denis Diderot: The Encyclopédie
Pompadour
- In Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, marquise de Pompadour: Artistic and political collaboration with Louis
Rousseau
- In Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Formative years
- In Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Major works of political philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Voltaire
- In Voltaire: Later travels of Voltaire

effect on

Comte’s positivism
- In positivism
use of allegory
- In fable, parable, and allegory: Modern period

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: History of Information - Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopédie, the Central Enterprise of the French Enlightenment.	Gloria Lotha	Feb 14, 2021
	Add new Web site: The Society of the Cincinnati - Diderot's Encyclopédie.	Gloria Lotha	Feb 12, 2019
	Add new Web site: Victoria and Albert Museum - The Encyclopédie.	Gloria Lotha	Feb 12, 2019
	Add new Web site: Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT Libraries Exhibits - Introduction to the Encyclopédie.	Emily Rodriguez	Sep 09, 2016
	Add new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Encyclopedist.	Gloria Lotha	Apr 13, 2016
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998