Grote Spectrum Encyclopedie

Encyclopedia contains about 5000 large detailed articles on various topics with an emphasis on social sciences.

All illustrations and design are colored, which is new for this kind of encyclopedias, published in the Netherlands.

The editor-in-chief of the encyclopaedia in 1972-1974 was Inez van Eyck, who in 1971-1972 also was preparing articles for the publication.

As a rule, the possibility of buying on credit was used, the payment of which amounted to 60 guilders per month for a full five years.

The rise of new storage media in the 1990s (CD-ROM, DVD) halted the plans for a second edition of the Grote Spectrum Encyclopedie.