metadata

annotations_creators:
  - expert-generated
language: []
language_creators: []
license:
  - cc0-1.0
multilinguality: []
pretty_name: Encyclopaedia Britannica Illustrated
size_categories:
  - 1K<n<10K
source_datasets: []
tags: []
task_categories:
  - image-classification
task_ids: []
configs:
  - config_name: default
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: data/train-*
dataset_info:
  features:
    - name: image
      dtype: image
    - name: label
      dtype:
        class_label:
          names:
            '0': not-illustrated
            '1': illustrated
    - name: id
      dtype: string
    - name: meta
      dtype: string
  splits:
    - name: train
      num_bytes: 374195646.51
      num_examples: 2573
  download_size: 373913666
  dataset_size: 374195646.51

Dataset Card: Encyclopaedia Britannica Illustrated

Homepage: https://data.nls.uk/data/digitised-collections/encyclopaedia-britannica/

Dataset Summary

A binary image classification dataset containing 2,573 images from the National Library of Scotland's Encyclopaedia Britannica collection (1768-1860). Each image is labeled as either "illustrated" or "not-illustrated". The dataset was created for experimenting with historical document image classification.

Dataset Structure

Total size: 2,573 images
Single train split
Features:
- image: Page scans from Encyclopaedia Britannica
- label: Binary classification (illustrated/not-illustrated)
- id: String identifier for each page
- meta: Additional metadata including volume and edition information

Source Data

Source: National Library of Scotland's Encyclopaedia Britannica digital collection
Years covered: 1768-1860
Original format: Digitized page scans

Labels

Binary classification:
- 0: not-illustrated
- 1: illustrated

License

CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Citation

@dataset{nls_britannica_2019,
  author = {National Library of Scotland},
  title = {Encyclopaedia Britannica},
  year = {2019},
  publisher = {National Library of Scotland},
  doi = {10.34812/cg4r-dn40}
}