Orientalism in Louis XIV's France
By: Nicholas Dew.
Series: Oxford historical monographs
Publisher: Oxford University Press; OUP Oxford
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780199234844
Subjects: Herbelot, Barthélemy d', -- 1625-1695; Thévenot, Melchisédec, -- 1620-1692; Bernier, François, -- 1620-1688; Orientalism -- France -- History -- 17th century; Middle East -- Study and teaching -- France -- History -- 17th century; Asia -- Study and teaching -- France -- History -- 17th century; France -- Intellectual life -- 17th century; France -- History -- Louis XIV, 1643-1715
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Baroque orientalism; title: Barthélemy d'Herbelot and the place of Oriental learning; title: "Toutes les curiosités du monde" : the geographic projects of Melchisédech Thévenot; title: The double eclipse : François Bernier's geography of knowledge; title: The making of d'Herbelot's Bibliothèque orientale; title: Printing Confucius in Paris; title: Epilogue.