The Encyclopedists as Individuals: A Biographical Dictionary of the Authors of the 'Encyclopédie'

by Voltaire Foundation and Frank A. Kafker

Although the Encyclop die is one of the landmarks of eighteenth-century thought and one of the most famous encyclopedias of all time, most of its collaborators are scarcely known. This is unfair and misleading: the editors, Diderot and d'Alembert, were able directors and prolific contributors, but they needed the help of many others to complete such an ambitious and trying enterprise.
This biological dictionary also seeks to deepen our knowledge...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0729403688
• ISBN13: 9780729403689
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Voltaire Foundation
• Length: 460 Pages
• Weight: 1.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"