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The eminent bibliographer, Henry Scholberg has brought this 'encyclopedia of encyclopedias'. Bibliophile that he is, he has found out that India was producing encyclopedias in Sanskrit seven or eight centuries before Diderot did his Encyclopedie in France or the publication of Britannica in Britain. Author: Henry Scholberg About the Author: A native of India, Henry Scholberg has served for twenty years as curator of the Ames Library of South Asia. He has written books of bibliography, history, poetry and more than one novel. Publisher: 1986, Hb, ix, 109pp., Illus., Index ISBN-10: 81-85002-04-5 ISBN-13: 978-81-85002-04-0 Price: Rs 295 (Outside India: US $14.95)