Reales Staats- und Zeitungs-Lexicon

The Reales Staats- und Zeitungs-Lexicon was a German encyclopaedia compiled by Philipp Balthasar Sinold von Schütz. This work focused on geography, theology, politics, and contemporary history. It was supplemented by Paul Jacob Marperger's Curieuses Natur-, Kunst-, Berg-, Gewerk-, und Handlungslexikon, which covered sciences, art, and commerce. The Reales Staats- und Zeitungs-Lexicon is an example of an encyclopaedic dictionary that was popular in the 17th and 18th centuries, reflecting a growing interest in contemporary matters alongside historical and biographical information. A lexicon, in general, is a reference book listing words and their definitions, similar to a dictionary.123