The French Book Trade in Enlightenment Europe II: Enlightenment Bestsellers

by Simon Burrows

Book Overview

This is a rich and path-breaking comparative study of reading tastes in the final years of old regime Europe. Based on extensive research in the account books of the Swiss publishers, the Soci t Typographique de Neuch tel (STN), and related archives, it charts the dissemination of literature and reading tastes across Europe in the years leading up to the French revolution. In the process, it recasts our understanding of late 18th-century...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350250813
• ISBN13: 9781350250819
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"