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April 3, 2026Open Access

A Bibliographical Description of the Two Sets of the Encyclopédie Held by the Center for Historical Social Science Literature, Hitotsubashi University

Key Points

The aim is to thoroughly analyze the eighteenth-century editions of the Encyclopédie for better research accuracy.
Conducting a detailed bibliographical description of the editions
Identifying the Paris-Neuchâtel imprint editions
Assessing the complexity of sorting out the different editions
Highlighting the complications in identifying each volume's edition
Providing clarity for researchers about which editions they are referencing

Abstract

It is necessary to sort out as thoroughly as possible the eighteenth-century editions of the Encyclopdie bearing theParis-Neufchastel imprint.The problem is far more complicated than has generally been realized; and because it is important when one is doing research in this work to know exactly which edition of each volume one has at hand, we intend to deal with the matter as fully as we can.

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