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Orientalism in Louis XIV's France / Nicholas Dew.
Van Pelt Library DS61.9.F8 D49 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dew, Nicholas.
- Series:
- Oxford historical monographs
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Orientalism--France--History--17th century.
- Orientalism.
- History.
- Middle East--Study and teaching--France--History--17th century.
- Middle East.
- Asia--Study and teaching--France--History--17th century.
- Asia.
- France--Intellectual life--17th century.
- France.
- Intellectual life.
- Herbelot, Barthélemy d', 1625-1695.
- Herbelot, Barthélemy d'.
- Thévenot, Melchisédec, 1620-1692.
- Thévenot, Melchisédec.
- Bernier, François, 1620-1688.
- Bernier, François.
- France--History--Louis XIV, 1643-1715.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 301 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Baroque orientalism
- Barthélemy d'Herbelot and the place of Oriental learning
- "Toutes les curiosités du monde": the geographic projects of Melchisédech Thévenot
- The double eclipse: François Bernier's geography of knowledge
- The making of d'Herbelot's Bibliothèque orientale
- Printing Confucius in Paris
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-290) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199234844
- 0199234841
- OCLC:
- 315238695
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