Confiscations at customs : banned books and the French booktrade during the last years of the Ancien régime

著者

• Dawson, Robert L.
• Voltaire Foundation

書誌事項

Confiscations at customs : banned books and the French booktrade during the last years of the Ancien régime

Robert L. Dawson

（SVEC, 2006:07）

Voltaire Foundation, 2006

注記

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

内容説明・目次

内容説明

The French Enlightenment takes place against a background of State censorship. During the last decade or so of the Ancien regime, the French government fluctuated considerably regarding its approach to banned books: on the one hand, many were not overtly prohibited but were nonetheless seized; on the other, banned books were often allowed through. The inconsistencies of officials provide revealing insights into the innermost workings of the system on the eve of the Revolution and show the scope of changing mentalities during those crucial years. Beyond the customs records, numerous sources have been exploited in order to clarify these inconsistencies of practice, even as the author analyses archival records relevant to the French booktrade and to works considered dangerous. Confiscations 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. Numerous titles can now be added to the recently published lists of books seized at customs based on a close reading of hitherto unpublished archival sources. Substantial appendices complete the discussion; they range from lists of banned books to unpublished letters concerning Voltaire's OEuvres. Several other appendices are freely available online at http://uts.cc.texas.edu/~dawson/index.html.

目次

List of illustrations Foreword Abbreviations, acronyms, frequently cited sources and special terms Introduction 1. Inspectors and inspections: preliminary remarks 2. Darnton revisited i. 'Fortunately, the syndics [...] they kept' ii. 'The incidence of customs confiscations therefore provides a final indication of what works circulated most widely in the clandestine book trade' 3. Inside the registers i. The registers ii. The records and their significance iii. Ambiguities iv. The 1771-1777 confiscations register v. Further problems vi. The registers compared vii. Voltaire and his OEuvres viii. Fleuriot de Langle ix. Raynal and the Histoire philosophique x. Piracies 4. Ancillary archival materials i. The tacit-permit records and book importations into Paris, 1778-1789 ii. A list of banned books iii. Edicts and royal decrees iv. Customs records v. Circumventing customs vi. The Registres de la librairie vii. Selected additional archival sources 5. Conclusion Appendices List of secondary sources Index of works Index of names, places and themes

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA77924946
• ISBN:
  • 0729408817
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Oxford
• ページ数/冊数: xv, 315 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Booksellers and bookselling -- France -- History -- 18th century
  • LCSH : Prohibited books -- France -- History -- 18th century
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA46635977