The Business of Enlightenment: Publishing History of the Encyclopédie, 1775-1800 by Robert Darnton

The Business of Enlightenment: Publishing History of the Encyclopédie, 1775-1800

France and Culture

Robert Darnton

638 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
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A great book about an even greater book is a rare event in publishing. Robert Darnton's history of the Encyclop�die is such an occasion. The author explores some fascinating territory in the French genre of histoire du livre, and at the same time ...

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