Enciclopedia moderna (complete title: Enciclopedia moderna: Diccionario universal de literatura, ciencias, artes, agricultura, industria y comercio) is a Spanish

Spain

Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

 encyclopedia

Encyclopedia

An encyclopedia is a type of reference work, a compendium holding a summary of information from either all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge....

 published in Madrid

Madrid

Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...

 by Francisco de Paula Mellado

Francisco de Paula Mellado

Francisco de Paula Mellado was a Spanish geographer, journalist, writer and editor who published the Enciclopedia moderna between 1851 and 1855.-Works:*Aventuras extraordinarias de los viageros célebre, Madrid, 1850....

 between 1851 and 1855. It has 34 volumes and it was the first great Spanish encyclopedia.

Some of the authors of this encyclopedia are Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch

Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch

Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch , was a Spanish dramatist. He was the Director of the National Library of Spain until he retired in 1875.-Biography:...

, Eugenio de Ochoa

Eugenio de Ochoa

Eugenio de Ochoa was a Spanish author, writer and translator.-References:*Richard Eugene Chandler and Kessel Schwartz. Louisiana State University Press, 1991. ISBN 9780807117354; pp. 337–338...

, Manuel Bretón de los Herreros

Manuel Bretón de los Herreros

Manuel Bretón de los Herreros was a Spanish dramatist, educated at Madrid. Enlisting on 24 May 1812, he served against the French in Valencia and Catalonia, and retired with the rank of corporal on 8 March 1822...

, Ramón Mesonero Romanos, Tomás Rodríguez Rubi, Pedro de Madrazo, Rafael María Baralt

Rafael María Baralt

Rafael María Baralt y Pérez was a Venezuelan diplomat, writer and historian. He was the first Latin American to occupy a chair at the Real Academia Española...

, Ventura de la Vega, Modesto Lafuente, Antonio Flores

Antonio Flores

Antonio González Flores was a Spanish singer-songwriter and actor.He was the only son of singers and actors Antonio González 'El Pescaílla' and Lola Flores. He was the brother of actresses Lolita Flores and Rosario Flores...

, José María Antequera, Pedro Felipe Monlau, Facundo Goñy, El Conde de Fabraquer, Jorge Lasso de la Vega, Augusto de Burgos, Francisco Pareja de Alarcón, Francisco Fernández Villabrille, Alfredo Alfonso Camus, Basilio Sebastián Castellanos, Joaquín Pérez Comoto, Robustiano Pérez de Santiago, Alejandro Magariños Cervantes, Antonio Ferrer del Río, Antonio Pirala, Emilio Bravo, Joaquín Espín y Guillén, Ubaldo Pasaron y Lastra.

External links

• Enciclopedia moderna, First volume, 1851 in Google Books
• Enciclopedia moderna, Second volume, 1851 in Google Books
• Third supplemental volume, 1865 in Google Books