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Informationen zum Autor Jeffrey Freedman is Associate Professor of History at Yeshiva University and the author of A Poisoned Chalice. Klappentext Jeffrey Freedman is Associate Professor of History at Yeshiva University and the author of A Poisoned Chalice. Zusammenfassung This book examines one of the most important axes of the book trade in Enlightenment Europe: the circulation of French books between France and German-speaking Europe. The first detailed study of the Franco-German trade! it shows how book dealers mediated the transmission of literature across the frontiers of nation! language! and culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis Note on Terminology and Sources Introduction Chapter 1. Rite of Spring: The Leipzig Easter Fair and the Literary Marketplace Chapter 2. Whom to Trust? Insolvent Booksellers and the Problem of Credit Chapter 3. French Booksellers in the Reich Chapter 4. Demand Chapter 5. The Word of God in the Age of the Encyclopédie Chapter 6. Against the Current: Translating the Aufklärung Chapter 7. From Europe Française to Europe Révolutionnaire : The Career of Jean-Guillaume Virchaux Conclusion. What Were French Books Good For? Appendix A. STN Trade with Booksellers in Germany, 1770- Appendix B. The Folio Bible of 1773: Diffusion Appendix C. The Folio Bible of 1779: Prepublication Subscriptions Appendix D. The Bible in Germany: The Neuchâtel Folio of 1779 and the Bienne Octavo Appendix E. Diffusion of Sebaldus Nothanker in French Translation Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
