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Author Blom, Philipp, 1970-

Title Enlightening the world : Encyclopédie, the book that changed the course of history / Philipp Blom.

Publication Info. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
2004.

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  034 B62    Check Shelf
Edition First Palgrave Macmillan edition.
Description xxv, 372 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note Originally published: London : Fourth Estate, 2004.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-336) and index.
Contents Paris, 1739 -- Friendship -- Project -- Prison -- Philosophe -- Controversy -- Play of nature -- The war of fools -- Encyclopedie -- Love of the sexes -- Virtue -- Regicide -- Geneva -- Fanaticism -- Hide, dissemble, disguise -- Metier -- Phoenix -- Mutilation -- Posterity.
Subject Encyclopédie.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries, French -- History and criticism.
Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Alembert, Jean Le Rond d', 1717-1783 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Enlightenment.
ISBN 1403968950
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