Indexes (publishing)

international bibliography of translated published works

thumb | right | alt=Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th edition | Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th edition The one-volume Propædia is the first of three parts of the 15th edition of Encyclopædia Britannica, intended as a compendium and topical organisation of the 12-volume Micropædia and the 17-volume Macropædia, which are organised alphabetically. Introduced in 1974 with the 15th edition, the Propædia and Micropædia were intended to replace the Index of the 14th edition; however, after widespread criticism, the Britannica restored the Index as a two-volume set in 1985. The core of the Propædia is it