The Business of Enlightenment: A Publishing History of the Encyclopédie 1775-1800
by Darnton, Robert
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0674087852
- ISBN 13
- 9780674087859
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge & London: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1979. Cultural history of Diderot's monumental Encyclopédie, delving into intellectual history & the movement of ideas, the economics of the book & printing trades in France and relations to technology & communication advances. Hasrdcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book, lower corners bumped; jacket shows minor edgewear; front endsheet & first 13 or so leaves creased. Text clean, no names or marks; xiv, 624 pages; index, bibliographic comments, appendixes, figures. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Large Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- v0462
- Title
- The Business of Enlightenment: A Publishing History of the Encyclopédie 1775-1800
- Author
- Darnton, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0674087852
- ISBN 13
- 9780674087859
- Publisher
- Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge & London
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- Diderot, Publishing, France, French Enlightenment, French Literature, Economics, Books on Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books, Prints, Drawings & Paper;
- Size
- Large Octavo
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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