The Conversations-Lexikon mit vorzüglicher Rücksicht auf die gegenwärtigen Zeiten, Leipzig, 1796 to 1808, 8vo, 6 vols., 2,762 pages, was an encyclopedia edited by Dr Renatus Gotthelf Löbel , who intended to supersede Johann Hübner , and included geography, history, and in part biography, besides mythology, philosophy, natural history, etc. Vols. i-iv (A to R) appeared 1796 to 1800, vol. v in 1806. This work was the basis of Brockhaus.