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The publication of the Encyclopédie — Publication of the Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, from 1751 to 1772
A publishing enterprise of a new kind: to gather into one reasoned dictionary the state of the sciences, arts and trades, and to have it written by those who practised them. Condemned, suspended, pursued nonetheless, it gave the Enlightenment its monument and its name as a party. (Editorial synthesis)
The publication of the Encyclopédie began in 1751. (source: Larousse)
The publication of the Encyclopédie ended in 1772. (source: Larousse)
The publication of the Encyclopédie ended in a reasoned dictionary of the sciences, arts and trades, whose publication (1751–1772) met with many setbacks. (source: Larousse)
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