{"product_id":"confiscations-at-customs-banned-books-and-the-french-booktrade-during-the-last-years-of-the-ancien-r233gime-9780729408813","title":"Confiscations at Customs  banned books and the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConfiscations at customs focuses on specific issues concerning banned books and their importation into Paris, including works by Voltaire, Fleuriot de Langle and Raynal, as well as discussing piracies and works published or imported by virtue of the tacit permit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'[Dawson’s] approach brings vividly to life the actual practices of the customs officers whose job it was to try to stem the flood of prohibited or suspect books engulfing France at this time.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eModern Language Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Dawson has written an excellent scholarly work supported by extensive documentation both in print and online. [...] This volume can also serve as a case study in using primary source materials in archival collections. Dawson takes great care to present his methodology in examining two principal registers and in coordinating information from additional multiple sources.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibraries and the Cultural Record\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'By so thoroughly demonstrating the complexities and interconnections of book censorship and book circulation in 18th-century France, Dawson’s \u003cem\u003eConfiscations\u003c\/em\u003eproves to be an excellent resource for scholars.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Perspectives on the Eighteenth-Century\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations, acronyms, frequently cited sources and special terms\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Inspectors and inspections: preliminary remarks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. Darnton revisited\u003cbr\u003ei. ‘Fortunately, the syndics […] they kept’\u003cbr\u003eii. ‘The incidence of customs confiscations therefore provides a final indication of what works circulated most widely in the clandestine book trade’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. Inside the registers\u003cbr\u003ei. The registers\u003cbr\u003eii. The records and their significance\u003cbr\u003eiii. Ambiguities\u003cbr\u003eiv. The 1771-1777 confiscations register\u003cbr\u003ev. Further problems\u003cbr\u003evi. The registers compared\u003cbr\u003evii. Voltaire and his \u003cem\u003eŒuvres\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eviii. Fleuriot de Langle\u003cbr\u003eix. Raynal and the \u003cem\u003eHistoire philosophique\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003ex. Piracies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. Ancillary archival materials\u003cbr\u003ei. The tacit-permit records and book importations into Paris, 1778-1789\u003cbr\u003eii. A list of banned books\u003cbr\u003eiii. Edicts and royal decrees\u003cbr\u003eiv. Customs records\u003cbr\u003ev. Circumventing customs\u003cbr\u003evi. The \u003cem\u003eRegistres de la librairie\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003evii. Selected additional archival sources\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAppendices\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of secondary sources\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex of works\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex of names, places and themes","brand":"LUP - Voltaire Foundation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037363929431,"sku":"9780729408813","price":98.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/confiscations-at-customs-banned-books-and-the-french-booktrade-during-the-last-years-of-the-ancien-r233gime-9780729408813","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}