The Business of Enlightenment: A publishing history of the Encyclopédie 1775-1800
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CONTENTS
I. Introduction: The Biography of a Book
II. The Genesis of a Speculation in Publishing
The Neuchâtel Reprint Plan
From the Reprint to the Revised Edition
Joseph Duplain and His Quarto Encyclopédie
Publishing, Politics, and Panckoucke
From the Revised Edition to the Quarto
The Paris Conference of 1777
The Basis of a Bonne Affaire
III. Juggling Editions
The ‘‘Second Edition’’
The Origins of the “Third Edition”
Imbroglios
The Neuchâtel Imprint
Opening Gambits of the Final Negotiations
Duel by Lettre Ostensible
The Last Turn of the Screw
The Contract
IV. Piracy and Trade War
Pirate Raids
The Octave Publishers and Their Encyclopédie
The Origins of the Quarto-Octavo War
The Final Failure of Diplomacy
Open War
Pourparlers for Peace
A Drôle de Paix
V. Bookmaking
Strains on the Production System
Procuring Paper
Copy
Recruiting Workers
Setting Wages
Pacing Work and Managing Labor
Printing : Technology and the Human Element
VI. Diffusion
Managerial Problems and Polemics
Marketing
Booksellers
Prices and Consumers
The Sales Pattern
Subscribers, A Case Study
Diffusion in France
Diffusion Outside France
Reading
VII. Settling Accounts
The Hidden Schism of 1778
A Preliminary Règlement de Comptes
The Feud Between Duplain and the STN
Marketing Maneuvers
The Perrin Affair
The Anatomy of a Swindle
The Final Confrontation in Lyons
Dénouement
Epilogue
VIII. The Ultimate Encyclopédie
The Origins of the Encyclopédie méthodique
The Climactic Moment in Enlightenment Publishing
The Liégeois Settlement
Panckoucke’s Conception of the Supreme Encyclopédie
Panckoucke as an Editor
The Authors of the Méthodique
Two Generations of Encyclopedists
From Voltairianism to Professionalism
Launching the Biggest Book of the Century
IX. Encyclopedism, Capitalism, and Revolution
Panckoucke’s Folly
From Encyclopedism to Jacobinism
An Enlightenment Publisher in a Cultural Revolution
The Last of the Encyclopedists
X. Conclusion
The Production and Diffusion of Enlightenment
Enlightenment Publishing and the Spirit of Capitalism
The Encyclopédie and the State
The Cultural Revolution
Appendices
A. Contracts of the Encyclopédie Publishers, 1776–1780
B. Subscriptions to the Quarto Encyclopédie
C. Incidence of Subscriptions in Major French Cities
D. Contributors to the Encyclopédie Méthodique
Bibliographical Note
Index
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