Publishing in the Republic of Letters [[electronic resource] ] : the Ménage-Graevius-Wetstein correspondence, 1679-1692 / / Richard G. Maber

• Autore: Maber Richard G
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; New York, N.Y., : Rodopi, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (189 p.)
• Disciplina: 070.509492
• Soggetto topico: Authors and publishers - Europe; Authors and publishers - France - History - 17th century; Authors and publishers - Netherlands - History - 17th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-165) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Description of the manuscripts; Editorial principles; Table of the letters; The Ménage - Grævius - Wetstein correspondence; Plate Section; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book prints for the first time two remarkable interlocking sequences of letters between Paris and the Netherlands: 40 letters from Gilles Ménage in Paris to Johann-Georg Grævius in Utrecht, and 30 from the printer Henrik Wetstein, in Amsterdam, to Ménage. Their principal focus is the publication of a considerable number of Ménage's works outside France, above all his monumental edition of Diogenes Laertius's Lives of the Philosophers. The letters give an engaging picture of mutual help within the community of scholars, Dutch, German, English, and French, including Huguenot exiles like Le
• Titolo autorizzato: Publishing in the Republic of Letters
• ISBN: 94-012-0153-6; 1-4175-9205-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451774703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in the history of ideas in the Low Countries.