An Alternative Encyclopedia?: Dennis de Coetlogon's Universal History of the Arts and Sciences (1745)

by Jeff Loveland

The modern encyclopedia was born in the eighteenth century. Although numerous studies have shed light on its evolution, important participants have been neglected. Dennis de Coetlogon's Universal history of the arts and sciences may be little known to us today, but its contribution to the development of the encyclopedia is as compelling as it is paradoxical.

Loveland examines the Universal history in its cultural context to provide the most...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0729409929
• ISBN13: 9780729409926
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Voltaire Foundation
• Length: 276 Pages