@Gargron@mastodon.social Oxford has the Very Short Introduction series. it’s not an encyclopedia perse, but it’s an incredibly well curated introduction to topics in almost everything. i think Gallimard has a similar one in French i loooove the aesthetics of the DK Eyewitness books and they are also well edited and curated. if i were in Europe, i’d definitely go for the Larousse encyclopedias ―especially their gastronomique―, Oxford or Britannica i soooo want the whole RAE spanish lang collection OMG