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There is no indication of the planned number of volumes or a time limit for this project, but little headway had been made by the otherwise dynamic Meyer.

After six years, 14 volumes had appeared, covering only one fifth of the alphabet.

Another six years passed before the last ( 46th!

) volume was published.

Six supplementary volumes finally finished the work in 1855.

Ultimately numbering 52 volumes, it was the most comprehensive completed German encyclopedia of the 19th century, also called " der Wunder-Meyer " ( The marvellous Meyer ).

The complete set was reprinted 1858-59.