A Literary Tour de France: The World of Books on the Eve of the French Revolution

(Part of the France and Culture Series)

by Robert Darnton

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The publishing industry in France in the years before the Revolution was a lively and sometimes rough-and-tumble affair, as publishers and printers scrambled to deal with (and if possible evade) shifting censorship laws and tax regulations, in order to cater to a reading public's appetite for books of all kinds, from the famous Encyclop?die, repository of reason and knowledge, to scandal-mongering libel and pornography. Historian and librarian Robert...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0195144511

ISBN13:9780195144512

Release Date:February 2018

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:376 Pages

Weight:1.50 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"

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History Language Arts Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections

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A Literary Tour de France: The World of Books on the Eve of the French Revolution

(Part of the France and Culture Series)

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