All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopaedia

Illustrations

Andrew Bell and colleague. Chronicle / Alamy.

The birth of Britannica. Prismatic Pictures / Bridgeman Images.

St Isidore of Seville. Zuri Swimmer / Alamy.

Ephraim Chambers’s Cyclopaedia, 1741. British Library.

Diderot and D’Alembert. Masterpics / Alamy; Heritage Image Partnership Ltd / Alamy

James Tytler. Classic Image / Alamy.

Brockhaus. FALKENSTEINFOTO / Alamy.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Metropolitana. Chronicle / Alamy.

Paul Otlet’s Mundaneum. From the collection of Mundaneum.

H.G. Wells in his study. The Print Collector / Alamy.

Arthur Mee’s Children’s Encylopedia. The Print Collector / Alamy.

UK Educational Book Co. magazine advert. Retro AdArchives / Alamy.

Encyclopaedia salesman. ClassicStock / Alamy.

Bill and Melinda Gates. Ann Little / Alamy.

Katherine Maher. Biswarup Ganguly / Wikimedia Commons.

Wikimania group photo. Ralf Roletschek / Wikimedia Commons.

‘Branches Unbound’ by Wendy Wahl. Jim West / Alamy.

USA Britannica Magazine advert. Retro AdArchives / Alamy.

All other images supplied by author.