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The business of enlightenment: a publishing history of the Encyclopédie, 1775-1800
Darnton, Robert.
Year: 1979.
Publisher:  Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. 
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Frontmatter
I. Introduction: The Biography of a Book
Chapter II The Genesis of a Speculation in Publishing
Chapter III Juggling Editions
Chapter IV Piracy and Trade War
Chapter V Bookmaking
Chapter VI Diffusion
Chapter VII Settling Accounts
Chapter VIII The Ultimate Encyclopedie
Chapter IX Encyclopedism, Capitalism, and Revolution
X. Conclusion
Appendies
A. Contracts of the Encyclopedia Publishers, 1776-1780
B. Subscriptions to the QUarto Encyclopedie
C. Incidence of Subscriptions in Major French Cities
D. Contributors to the Encyclopedia Methodique
Bibliographical Note
Index
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Title: The business of enlightenment : a publishing history of the Encyclopédie, 1775-1800 Robert Darnton.
Author: Darnton, Robert
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Source Version: The business of enlightenment : a publishing history of the Encyclopédie, 1775-1800 Robert Darnton. 
Darnton, Robert
Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1979.
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.00368
Subject Headings: • Encyclopédie
• Encyclopedias and dictionaries, French
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