Author: Arthur Young
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Arthur Young's Travels in France During the Years 1787, 1788, 1789
Author: Arthur Young
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Young's Travels in France During the Years 1787, 1788, 1789
Author: Arthur Young
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
A Literary Tour de France
Author: Robert Darnton
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190678003
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
The publishing industry in France in the years before the Revolution was a lively and sometimes rough-and-tumble affair, as publishers and printers scrambled to deal with (and if possible evade) shifting censorship laws and tax regulations, in order to cater to a reading public's appetite for books of all kinds, from the famous Encyclopédie, repository of reason and knowledge, to scandal-mongering libel and pornography. Historian and librarian Robert Darnton uses his exclusive access to a trove of documents-letters and documents from authors, publishers, printers, paper millers, type founders, ink manufacturers, smugglers, wagon drivers, warehousemen, and accountants-involving a publishing house in the Swiss town of Neuchatel to bring this world to life. Like other places on the periphery of France, Switzerland was a hotbed of piracy, carefully monitoring the demand for certain kinds of books and finding ways of fulfilling it. Focusing in particular on the diary of Jean-François Favarger, a traveling sales rep for a Swiss firm whose 1778 voyage, on horseback and on foot, around France to visit bookstores and renew accounts forms the spine of this story, Darnton reveals not only how the industry worked and which titles were in greatest demand, but the human scale of its operations. A Literary Tour de France is literally that. Darnton captures the hustle, picaresque comedy, and occasional risk of Favarger's travels in the service of books, and in the process offers an engaging, immersive, and unforgettable narrative of book culture at a critical moment in France's history.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190678003
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
The publishing industry in France in the years before the Revolution was a lively and sometimes rough-and-tumble affair, as publishers and printers scrambled to deal with (and if possible evade) shifting censorship laws and tax regulations, in order to cater to a reading public's appetite for books of all kinds, from the famous Encyclopédie, repository of reason and knowledge, to scandal-mongering libel and pornography. Historian and librarian Robert Darnton uses his exclusive access to a trove of documents-letters and documents from authors, publishers, printers, paper millers, type founders, ink manufacturers, smugglers, wagon drivers, warehousemen, and accountants-involving a publishing house in the Swiss town of Neuchatel to bring this world to life. Like other places on the periphery of France, Switzerland was a hotbed of piracy, carefully monitoring the demand for certain kinds of books and finding ways of fulfilling it. Focusing in particular on the diary of Jean-François Favarger, a traveling sales rep for a Swiss firm whose 1778 voyage, on horseback and on foot, around France to visit bookstores and renew accounts forms the spine of this story, Darnton reveals not only how the industry worked and which titles were in greatest demand, but the human scale of its operations. A Literary Tour de France is literally that. Darnton captures the hustle, picaresque comedy, and occasional risk of Favarger's travels in the service of books, and in the process offers an engaging, immersive, and unforgettable narrative of book culture at a critical moment in France's history.
A Tour in Ireland, 1776-1779
Author: Arthur Young
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Travels in France by Arthur Young During the Years 1787, 1788, 1789
Author: Arthur Young
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Arthur Young's Travels in France
Author: Arthur Young
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Travels Through France and Italy
Author: Tobias Smollett
Publisher: NuVision Publications, LLC
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Publisher: NuVision Publications, LLC
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Arthur Young's Travels in France During the Years 1787, 1788, 1789
Author: Arthur Young
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Stories of the French Revolution
Author: Walter Montgomery
Publisher: Hansebooks
ISBN: 9783348113885
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Stories of the French Revolution is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1893. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
Publisher: Hansebooks
ISBN: 9783348113885
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Stories of the French Revolution is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1893. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
Political Arithmetic
Author: Arthur Young
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description