10-504: The Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana (also called Enciclopedia Espasa , or Enciclopedia Espasa-Calpe , after its publisher, founded by José Espasa Anguera ) is a Spanish encyclopedia. It comprises 72 volumes (numbered from 1 to 70, with parts 18 and 28 consisting of two volumes each) published from 1908 to 1930 plus a ten-volume appendix published 1930–33. Between 1935 and 2003, 33 supplemental volumes were published plus an index, another A–Z appendix, and an atlas, for
20-644: A " pistol or revolver " as one of the things to be taken on a bicycle tour. In 2003 a repackaged version was published in 90 volumes, consisting of the original 82 volumes plus a new 8-volume Complemento Enciclopédico 1934–2002 update. The old supplements will not be republished. XXI XLII XLIII XLIV XLV XLVI XLIX LX Many other volumes are also available there. Jos%C3%A9 Espasa Anguera José Espasa Anguera (1840 in La Pobla de Cérvoles ( Lleida ) – July 4, 1911 in Barcelona )
30-651: A small subscription center, the precursor of the Espasa-Calpe publishing house. In this period (1860–77), under the trade name Espasa Hermanos (Espasa Brothers), published the Diccionari de la llengua catalana ( Dictionary of the Catalan Language ) by Laberinia. In 1875, the Poesias catalanas (Catalan Poems) by Federico Soler, were published, and became the most notable Catalan poetry publication of
40-997: A total of 118 volumes. Each of the volumes vary in length. As of 1986, it is the longest printed encyclopedia with 105,000 pages and 165,200,000 words. Encyclopaedias: Their History Throughout The Ages regards the Espasa as one of the greatest encyclopedias, along with the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition and the Enciclopedia Italiana (p. 147). "This work is remarkable for its detail: maps and plans of even remote and obscure places; reproductions and descriptions of works of art entered under their titles; lengthy bibliographies , international in scope; full dictionary treatment of individual words with, in many cases, foreign equivalents; and usually affording full scope to lengthy treatment of important subjects." (201) The authors of
50-680: The company was given to José Ortega y Gasset . Espasa's legacy lives on today as the Espasa-Calpe publishing house—a major publisher of Spanish reference books . Manuel Salvat Manuel Salvat (1900 – death date unknown) was a Cuban second baseman in the Negro leagues in the 1920s. A native of Havana, Cuba , Salvat played for the Cuban Stars (East) in 1925. In 14 recorded games, he posted five hits in 54 plate appearances. This Negro league baseball infielder article
60-401: The death of Senior Espasa as “Espasa é Hijos” (Espasa and Sons). Espasa's dream of "a Great (Spanish) Encyclopedia" took shape in 1905, first with the publication of weekly instalments, and, from 1908 onwards, in volumes. The magnitude of this enterprise eventually overwhelmed the publishing house and in 1925 they associated with Calpe; the head offices were moved to Madrid , and the direction of
70-427: The era. Mr. Espasa went on to hire the most popular writers of the day. In 1881, he reached an agreement with his brother-in-law, Manuel Salvat to form a new company, Espasa y Compañía (Espasa and Company; 1881–97). In 1886, they left their spacious location on Aribau Street to a much larger building on Cortes Street. In 1897, Salvat left the venture, which until 1908, operated under the name “José Espasa” and then until
80-462: The literature of Spain and Latin America. According to calculations made by its publishers, the encyclopaedia has more than 165,000 pages and 200 million words. The 82-volume version is also estimated to have over 1,000,000 articles (Kister 450). Only minor revisions have been made to the original volumes, such as the rewrite of a part of the 1910 " bicicleta " (bicycle) article which had enumerated
90-500: The work, as an example of its scope, mentioned in the preface (vii) that all botanical genera known at the time were covered in the work. Common words (not proper names) are translated into English, French, German, Esperanto and other languages. The aim of the publishers was to produce an encyclopedia reference book in Spanish that covered scientific and technological knowledge as well as history, biographies, geography , arts , and
100-484: Was a Spanish publisher . He is most famous for having been the driving force behind the prestigious Enciclopedia Espasa . Coming from a very humble rural family, and still a child, he had to move to Barcelona. There he first was a laborer in a demolition site for the walls of Barcelona. When he was 18 he accepted a job as a paper delivery boy . He was fascinated with the book trade, and learned as much as he could about it. In 1860, he risked his modest savings to establish
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