The Business of Enlightenment. A Publishing History of the \'Encyclop�die\', 1775-1800. Robert Darnton

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The Business of Enlightenment. A Publishing History of the 'Encyclop�die', 1775-1800.

Author	Robert Darnton
Publisher	Cambridge, MA [etc.]: Belknap Press, 1979
Edition	1
Weight	1120 gram
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Keywords	French Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, Encyclop�dies et dictionnaires fran�ais, Uitgeven, Dennis Diderot, Geschiedenis van wetenschap en cultuur
Booknumber	21760
Category's	Books on Books (Publishers & Printers) Books on Books (18th Century) Various (Dictionaries & Encyclopedias) Exact Sciences (General) Culture History (Overall)
Large 8vo, pp. xiv, 624. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated. Including bibliographical references and an index. A great book about an even greater book by the famous historian of the Princeton University. Darnton traces not only the publishing story of Diderot�s Encyclop�die, but also the publishing business of that period and its relationship to political as well as economic systems of pre-Revolutionary Europe. Fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
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The Business of Enlightenment. A Publishing History of the 'Encyclop�die', 1775-1800.