Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste

The Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste ("Universal Encyclopaedia of Sciences and Arts") was a 19th-century German encyclopaedia published by Johann Samuel Ersch and Johann Gottfried Gruber, therefore also known as the "Ersch-Gruber."

It was designed and begun in 1813 by Professor Ersch to satisfy the wants of Germans, only in part supplied by foreign works.

It was stopped by the Napoleonic Wars until 1816, when Professor Gottlieb Hufeland joined, but he died on November 25, 1817, while the specimen part was at press.

The editors of the different sections at various times were some of the best-known men of learning in Germany, including Gruber, M.H.E.

[2] The work is divided into three sections:[3] From its beginning through 1830, the Encyclopädie was published at Leipzig by Johan Friedrich Gleditsch.