The unfinished Enlightenment description in the age of the encyclopedia / [electronic resource] :
Joanna Stalnaker.
- Ithaca [N.Y.] : Cornell University Press, 2010.
- xvi, 240 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-231) and index.
Buffon and Daubenton's two horses -- Bernardin de Saint-Pierre's strawberry plant -- Diderot's word machine -- Delille's little encyclopedia -- Mercier's unframed Paris -- Description in revolution -- Conclusion : virtual encyclopedias.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
French literature--History and criticism.--18th century Description (Rhetoric)--History--18th century. Encyclopedias and dictionaries, French--History and criticism. Natural history--History--France--18th century. Enlightenment--France.