volume_id stringclasses 18
values | page_number int32 1 1.06k | file_identifier stringlengths 9 9 | image imagewidth (px) 600 600 | text stringlengths 0 21.2k | alto_xml stringlengths 622 561k | has_image bool 1
class | has_alto bool 1
class | edition stringclasses 3
values | volume_part stringclasses 18
values | publication_year stringclasses 4
values | editor stringclasses 2
values | full_title stringclasses 3
values | shelf_locator stringclasses 4
values |
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144133901 | 1 | 188082722 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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144133901 | 4 | 188082761 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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144133901 | 5 | 188082774 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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144133901 | 7 | 188082800 | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA.
VOLUME the FIRST. | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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144133901 | 9 | 188082826 | ARTS and
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144133901 | 10 | 188082839 | \l965r.
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144133901 | 11 | 188082852 | PREFACE
UTILITY ought to be the principal intention of every publication.
Wherever this intention does not plainly appear, neither the books
nor their authors have the finalleft claim to the approbation of mankind.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1771-1860) - Lance Format
This dataset contains 155,388 digitized pages from the Encyclopaedia Britannica, spanning editions from 1771 to 1860. The data is stored in Lance format for efficient streaming and lazy image loading.
Dataset Details
- Total Pages: 155,388
- Total Volumes: 195
- Format: Lance (columnar format with blob storage for images)
- Source: National Library of Scotland (NLS)
- License: Public Domain (CC0)
Loading the Dataset
import lance
# Load from Hugging Face Hub
ds = lance.dataset("hf://datasets/davanstrien/encyclopaedia-britannica-lance-test/data/train.lance")
# Check total rows
print(f"Total pages: {ds.count_rows()}")
# Sample a few rows (metadata only, images are lazy-loaded)
sample = ds.take([0, 100, 1000]).to_pydict()
for i, idx in enumerate([0, 100, 1000]):
print(f"Page {idx}: {sample['volume_part'][i]}")
Schema
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
volume_id |
string | NLS volume identifier |
page_number |
int32 | Page number within volume |
file_identifier |
string | Base filename identifier |
image |
binary (blob) | Page image (JPEG, lazy-loaded) |
text |
string | OCR text extracted from ALTO XML |
alto_xml |
string | Raw ALTO XML with full OCR structure |
has_image |
bool | Whether page has image |
has_alto |
bool | Whether page has ALTO XML |
edition |
string | Edition name (e.g., "First edition") |
volume_part |
string | Full volume description |
publication_year |
string | Year of publication |
editor |
string | Editor name |
full_title |
string | Full bibliographic title |
shelf_locator |
string | NLS shelf location |
Editions Included
- First edition (1771)
- Second edition (1778-1783)
- Third edition (1788-1797)
- Fourth edition (1801-1810)
- Fifth edition (1815-1817)
- Sixth edition (1820-1823)
- Seventh edition (1830-1842)
- Supplement editions
Source
Original data from the National Library of Scotland Data Foundry.
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