On October 25, 1808, at the Leipzig Fair, the German publisher Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus purchased the right to publish the "Encyclopedic Dictionary with a Main Focus on Modernity" for 1800 Reichsmarks. Before his death in 1823, he published this dictionary six times, increasing circulation 16-fold, making it a reference publication aimed at the general reader. In the future, the dictionary will become one of the most famous encyclopedias - "The Great Brookhouse". During 17 years (1890-1907), the Russian publishing house of Brockhouse and Efron published the famous "Encyclopedic Dictionary", consisting of 86 volumes.

On October 25, 1808, at the Leipzig Fair, the German publisher Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus purchased the right to publish the "Encyclopedic Dictionary with a Main Focus on Modernity" for 1800 Reichsmarks. Before his death in 1823, he published this dictionary six times, increasing circulation 16-fold, making it a reference publication aimed at the general reader. In the future, the dictionary will become one of the most famous encyclopedias - "The Great Brookhouse". During 17 years (1890-1907), the Russian publishing house of Brockhouse and Efron published the famous "Encyclopedic Dictionary", consisting of 86 volumes.