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1 online resource (xiv, 624 pages) : illustrations |
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History e-book project
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I. Introduction: The biography of a book -- II. The genesis of a speculation in publishing -- The Neuchâtel reprint plan -- From the reprint to the revised edition -- Joseph Duplain and his quarto 'Encyclopédie -- Publishing, politics, and Panckoucke -- From the revised edition to the quarto -- The Paris conference of 1777 -- The basis of a 'Bonne Affaire' -- III. Juggling editions -- The "second edition" -- The origins of the "third edition" -- Imbroglios -- The Neuchâtel imprint -- Opening gambits of the final negotiations -- Duel by 'Lettre Ostensible' -- The last turn of the screw -- The contract -- IV. Piracy and trade war -- Pirate raids -- The octavo publishers and their 'Encyclopédie' -- The origins of the quarto-octavo war -- The final failure of diplomacy -- Open war -- Pourparlers for peace -- A Drôle de Paix -- V. Bookmaking -- Strains on the production system -- Procuring paper -- Copy -- Recruiting workers -- Setting wages -- Pacing work and managing labor -- Printing: Technology and the human element -- VI. Diffusion -- Managerial problems and polemics -- Marketing -- Booksellers -- Prices and consumers -- The sales pattern -- Subscribers, a case study -- Diffusion in France -- Diffusion outside France -- Reading -- VII. Settling accounts -- The hidden schism of 1778 -- A preliminary 'Règlement de Comptes' -- The feud between Duplain and the STN -- Marketing maneuvers -- The Perrin affair -- The anatomy of a swindle -- The final confrontation in Lyons -- Dénouement -- Epilogue -- VIII. The ultimate Encyclopédie -- The origins of the Encyclopédie méthodique -- The climactic moment in enlightenment publishing -- The Liégeois settlement -- Panckoucke's conception of the supreme Encyclopédie -- Panckoucke as an editor -- The authors of the Méthodique -- Two generations of encyclopedists -- From Voltairianism to professionalism -- Launching the biggest book of the century -- IX. Encyclopedism, capitalism, and revolution -- Panckoucke's folly -- From encyclopedism to Jacobinism -- An enlightenment publisher in a cultural revolution -- The last of the encyclopedists -- X. Conclusion -- The production and diffusion of enlightenment -- Enlightenment publishing and the spirit of capitalism -- The Encyclopédie and the state -- The cultural revolution -- Appendices: -- A. Contracts of the Encyclopédie publishers, 1776-1780 -- B. Subscriptions to the quarto Encyclopédie -- C. Incidence of subscriptions in major French cities -- D. Contributors to the Encyclopédie Méthodique |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 611-617) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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American Historical Association Leo Gershoy Award, 1979 |
| SUBJECT |
Encyclopédie. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85117836
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Encyclopédie fast |
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Encyclopédie ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers gnd |
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Encyclopedias and dictionaries, French.
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Publishing -- history
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- French.
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Encyclopedias and dictionaries, French
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Buchdruck
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Buchhandel
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Entstehung
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Uitgeven.
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Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers (encyclopedie)
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Verlichting (cultuurgeschiedenis)
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0674087852 |
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9780674087859 |
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9780674030183 |
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0674030184 |
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