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   simsa02 (simsa02@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 20:46:59 JST simsa02

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   A few weeks back the "Museum of Outdated & Neglected Dictionaries & Encyclopaedias" welcomed its newest arrival, the "Enzyklopädie Philosophie und Wissenschaftstheorie" (4 vols, 1980-1996, in German). It's an encyclopaedia that treats its topics from a constructivist point of view. A wonderful set of books, I'm happy to finally have it here.

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     simsa02 (simsa02@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 20:47:00 JST simsa02

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     Today the "Museum of Outdated & Neglected Dictionaries & Encyclopaedias" received its latest purchase: The "Dictionary of the Middle Ages" (10 vols., 1980-1999, in German), a splendid encyclopaedia on the Christian, Byzantine, Jewish, Arabic, Irish and Scandinavian Middle Ages. Yay!!

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     simsa02 (simsa02@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 20:47:01 JST simsa02

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     It took me a while, but now ... The Encyclopaedia Britannica (32 vols, 2005) made it as latest acquisiton of the "Museum of Outdated & Neglected Dictioanries & Encyclopaedias". Near perfect condition! The price has been ridiculously low, which is sad and great at once.

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     simsa02 (simsa02@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 20:47:01 JST simsa02

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     As my flat gets too small to house the "Museum of Outdated & Neglected Dictionaries & Encyclopaedias" I started putting book shelves on transport rolls so that I can push them aside when needed.

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     simsa02 (simsa02@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 20:47:02 JST simsa02

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     Hurray! The new exhibit of the "Museum of Outdated & Neglected Dictionaries & Encyclopaedias" has arrived: "McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology" (11th ed., 2012, 20 vols). (I had been looking for it for quite some time, got it second-hand)

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     simsa02 (simsa02@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 20:47:03 JST simsa02

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     Another new exhibit in the "Museum of Outdated & Neglected Dictionaries & Encyclopaedias":

     Rev. F. Kittel, A Kannada-English Dictionary (1894, 12th repr. 2006)

     I found it in a public book shelf. :-)

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     simsa02 (simsa02@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 20:47:04 JST simsa02

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     The "Museum of Outdated & Negelcted Dictionaries & Encyclopaedias" got another new "exhibit":

     W. Marciszewski (ed.), Dictionary of Logic as Applied in the Study of Language: Concepts, Methods, Theories (1981)

     In 68 articles & a magnificient index it covers the field in not-too-technical entries. I'm happy to be ablte to finally include it in the collection of reference works. (It's usually very expensive, even in thrift shops, but I found an offer that was pretty affordable.)

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     simsa02 (simsa02@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 20:47:04 JST simsa02

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     Yay! Got all 23 vols of a famous German art history in a second-hand bookshop. Not directly an exhibit in my "Museum of Outdated & Neglected Dictionaries & Encyclopaedias" proper -- it's not a dictionary or encyclopaedia in the strict sense -- but a treasure nonetheless.

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     simsa02 (simsa02@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 20:47:04 JST simsa02

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     The "Museum of Outdated & Neglected Dictionaries & Encyclopedias" got a new acquisition :-) : The famous German language Fischer World History (1965-1983, 36 vols), in a licensed edition by a different publisher from the year 2000. The 36 vols edition indeed covers most of the world areas, except Oceania, Australia, New Zealand. Nice! And a real bargain too.

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     simsa02 (simsa02@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 20:47:05 JST simsa02

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     The "Museum of Outdated & Neglected Dictionaries & Encyclopaedias" got a new "exhibit" :-)) -- the German "Geschichtliche Grundbegriffe" ("historical basic notions"), one of the major German encyclopaedias in the history of concepts & ideas. I was looking for it for quite some time, in thrift shops & online, but haven't been lucky. Now the family pooled resources & gave me the student edition as a present. Wonderful.

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     simsa02 (simsa02@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 20:47:05 JST simsa02

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     My "Museum of Outdated & Neglected Dictionaries & Encyclopaedias" has one huge advantage: it's EMP-proofed. While under natural or military EMP your online encyclopaedias will (probably) go dark -- and stay that way as nobody has thought about EMP resistent backups of Wikipedia et al. -- my "Museum" will stay alive & afloat. :-)

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     simsa02 (simsa02@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 20:47:06 JST simsa02

     A glimpse into my "Museum of Outdated & Neglected Dictionaries & Encyclopaedias". Most of them are from thrift shops or rescued from the garbage. Plus I finally bought a 1-year subscription to Encyclopedia Britannica. More dictionaries are already on my wishlist :-) One has to go a great length to avoid this peculiar blend of encyclopaedic monoculture & lexicographic amateurism called Wikipedia.