The unfinished Enlightenment
Subtitle: description in the age of the encyclopedia
By: Joanna Stalnaker
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780801448645
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-231) and index.
Table of contents: title: Buffon and Daubenton's two horses; title: Bernardin de Saint-Pierre's strawberry plant; title: Diderot's word machine; title: Delille's little encyclopedia; title: Mercier's unframed Paris; title: Description in revolution; title: Conclusion : virtual encyclopedias.