Encyclopædia Britannica 11th Edition 1911 PDF format (searchable and copyable) | 29 volume |5.1 GB (around 180 MB each voume) The famous Encyclopædia Britannica 11th Edition (1910–1911) is a 29-volume reference work that marked the beginning of the Encyclopædia Britannica's transition from a British to an American publication. Some of its articles were written by the best-known scholars of the day.