▁un ified ▁vision ▁of ▁the ▁en cyc lo pa edia ▁of ▁the ▁scientific ▁discipl ines ▁in ▁which ▁ont ology ▁had ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁assigning ▁to ▁each ▁of ▁the ▁particular ▁sciences ▁its ▁proper ▁domain ." ▁ ▁In ▁his ▁The ▁New ▁England ▁Mind , ▁Perry ▁Miller ▁writes ▁about ▁the ▁Encyc lo pa edia : ▁ ▁" It ▁was ▁indeed ▁nothing ▁short ▁of ▁a ▁summary , ▁in ▁sequ ential ▁and ▁number ed ▁paragraph s , ▁of ▁everything ▁that ▁the ▁mind ▁of ▁European ▁man ▁had ▁yet ▁conce ived ▁or ▁discovered . ▁The ▁works ▁of ▁over ▁five ▁hundred ▁authors , ▁from ▁Arist ot le ▁to ▁James ▁I , ▁were ▁dig ested ▁and ▁method ized , ▁including ▁those ▁of ▁Aqu inas , ▁Scot us , ▁and ▁medieval ▁the ology , ▁as ▁also ▁those ▁of ▁medieval ▁science , ▁such ▁as ▁De ▁N atura ▁R er um ." ▁▁ ▁It ▁was ▁re iss ued ▁as ▁a ▁ 4 - volume ▁fac sim ile ▁repr int , ▁edited ▁by ▁W . ▁Schmidt - Big gem ann ▁( From ann - Hol z bo og ▁Press , ▁Stuttgart - Bad ▁C ann st att , ▁ 1 9 8 9 – 1 9 9 0 ). ▁ ▁Al sted ius ' ▁Encyclopedia ▁Bib lica ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 6 1 0 , ▁Al sted ius ▁published ▁the ▁first ▁edition ▁of ▁his ▁Encyclopedia . ▁In ▁ 1 6 3 0 , ▁he ▁published ▁a ▁second ▁edition ▁in ▁a ▁much ▁more ▁compreh ensive ▁form , ▁in ▁two ▁large ▁fol io ▁volumes . ▁In ▁the ▁second