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This is a book that will be of interest to those who study the history of the book, intellectual history of early modern Europe, and the relation between politics and ideas.

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The text has been lucidly translated by Paul Saenger and Nadine Saenger and is issued in an illustrated paperback at an affordable price. Its thesis is broad in its implication and is argued clearly and with conviction... A thought-provoking and ambitious work. -- Adrian Johns Journal of Modern History A fine erudite, and eminently readable book. -- Robert L. Dawson Libraries and Culture

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List of Illustrations
Foreword
Chapter 1. The Catholic Reformation and the Book (1585–1650)
Chapter 2. Absolutism and Classicism
Chapter 3. The Reading Public and Its Books
Chapter 4. The French Classical Book: Text and Image
Conclusion
Notes
Index

The French Book Religion Absolutism and

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    A Paperback / softback by Henri-Jean Martin, Paul Saenger, Nadine Saenger

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      Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
      Publication Date: 20/09/1996
      ISBN13: 9780801854194, 978-0801854194
      ISBN10: 0801854199

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This is a book that will be of interest to those who study the history of the book, intellectual history of early modern Europe, and the relation between politics and ideas.

      Trade Review
      The text has been lucidly translated by Paul Saenger and Nadine Saenger and is issued in an illustrated paperback at an affordable price. Its thesis is broad in its implication and is argued clearly and with conviction... A thought-provoking and ambitious work. -- Adrian Johns Journal of Modern History A fine erudite, and eminently readable book. -- Robert L. Dawson Libraries and Culture

      Table of Contents

      List of Illustrations
      Foreword
      Chapter 1. The Catholic Reformation and the Book (1585–1650)
      Chapter 2. Absolutism and Classicism
      Chapter 3. The Reading Public and Its Books
      Chapter 4. The French Classical Book: Text and Image
      Conclusion
      Notes
      Index

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