by François Moureau · Gallimard · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070531134
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«Le roman vrai de l'Encyclopédie» is the historical essay by François Moureau, published by Gallimard in paperback (224 pages, in French).
It recounts the history of Diderot and D'Alembert's Encyclopédie: from the first volume in 1751, the project to gather all human knowledge alphabetically and show its connections, to becoming an emblem of the Enlightenment. Moureau follows the editorial adventure of the work, with 35 volumes and 139 contributors, amid achievements, censorships and changes.
It belongs to the Découvertes Gallimard collection, Littérature series, number 100. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Suitable for readers interested in the French Enlightenment, the history of ideas and eighteenth-century publishing.
