Conversations-Lexikon mit vorzüglicher Rücksicht auf die gegenwärtigen Zeiten

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The Conversations-Lexikon mit vorzüglicher Rücksicht auf die gegenwärtigen Zeiten (German for "Encyclopaedia with special regard to the present times"), Leipzig, 1796 to 1808, 8vo, 6 vols., 2,762 pages, was an encyclopedia edited by Dr Renatus Gotthelf Löbel, who intended to supersede Johann Hübner, and included geography, history, and in part biography, besides mythology, philosophy, natural history, etc. Vols. i-iv (A to R) appeared 1796 to 1800, vol. v in 1806. This work was acquired and completed by Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus in 1808 and formed the basis of the many editions of the Brockhaus encyclopedia, which continues publication to this day.

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• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.