Société typographique de Neuchâtel
The Société typographique de Neuchâtel was a Swiss publishing house and bookseller that operated between 1769–1794. Their archives, consisting of around 25,000 letters and various types of account books held in the Bibliothèque publique et universitaire de Neuchâtel, are an unparalleled source for the study of the eighteenth-century European book trade. The STN published over 220 works, over 500 volumes in total, the majority of which were counterfeit editions.
Also recorded as Societe typographique de Neuchatel
Société typographique de Neuchâtel
- Founded
- 1769
- Headquarters
- Neuchâtel
- Dissolved
- 1798
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The Société typographique de Neuchâtel was a Swiss publishing house and bookseller that operated between 1769–1794. Their archives, consisting of around 25,000 letters and various types of account books held in the Bibliothèque publique et universitaire de Neuchâtel, are an unparalleled source for the study of the eighteenth-century European book trade. The STN published over 220 works, over 500 volumes in total, the majority of which were counterfeit editions.
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Clients included Jacques Garrigan; Perisse Frères; Rigaud, Pons & Compagnie; and Luke White.
It is associated with Switzerland. The record gives 1769 as its date of establishment or first appearance. Activity is recorded as ending in 1798. Its recorded seat is Neuchâtel.
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- 1.Darnton, Robert, 2013 (1979), L'Aventure de l'Encyclopédie, 1775-1800: un best-seller au siècle des Lumières, Éditions du Seuil, collection Points/Histoire, H159, Paris, p.66.
- 2.Darnton, Robert, 2013 (1979), L'Aventure de l'Encyclopédie, 1775-1800: un best-seller au siècle des Lumières, Éditions du Seuil, , H159, Paris, .
- 3.Darnton, Robert, 2013 (1979), L'Aventure de l'Encyclopédie, 1775-1800: un best-seller au siècle des Lumières, Éditions du Seuil, collection Points/Histoire, H159, Paris, p.65.
- 4.Andrey, Georges. Madeleine Eggendorffer, libraire à Fribourg et la Société typographique de Neuchâtel (1769-1788). Aspects du livre neuchâtelois. 1986. 117-157.
- 5.Compagnie des pasteurs de Neuchâtel.
- 6.Darnton, Robert, 2013 (1979), L'aventure de l'Encyclopédie, 1775-1800: un best-seller au siècle des Lumières, Éditions du Seuil, , H159, Paris, .
- 7.La Société typographique de Neuchâtel, l’édition neuchâteloise au siècle des Lumières (1769-1789), p. 99
- 8.Darnton, Robert, 2013 (1979), L'aventure de l'Encyclopédie, 1775-1800: un best-seller au siècle des Lumières, Éditions du Seuil, , H159, Paris, p.71.
- 9.Darnton, Robert, 2013 (1979), L'Aventure de l'Encyclopédie, 1775-1800: un best-seller au siècle des Lumières, Éditions du Seuil, , H159, Paris, p.64.
- 10.Darnton, Robert, 2013 (1979), L'Aventure de l'Encyclopédie, 1775-1800: un best-seller au siècle des Lumières, Éditions du Seuil, , H159, Paris, p.70.
- 11.Darnton, Robert, 2013 (1979), L'aventure de l'Encyclopédie, 1775-1800: un best-seller au siècle des Lumières, Éditions du Seuil, , H159, Paris, p.156.
- 12.Darnton, Robert, 2013 (1979), L'Aventure de l'Encyclopédie, 1775-1800: un best-seller au siècle des Lumières, Éditions du Seuil, , H159, Paris, p.209-210.
- 13.Darnton, Robert, 2013 (1979), L'aventure de l'Encyclopédie, 1775-1800 : un best-seller au siècle des Lumières, Éditions du Seuil, , H159, Paris, p.212.
- 14.Darnton, Robert, 2013 (1979), L'Aventure de l'Encyclopédie, 1775-1800: un best-seller au siècle des Lumières, Éditions du Seuil, , H159, Paris, .
- 15.Darnton, Robert, 2013 (1979), L'aventure de l'Encyclopédie, 1775-1800: un best-seller au siècle des Lumières, Éditions du Seuil, , H159, Paris, p.219.
- 16.Darnton, Robert, 2013 (1979), L'aventure de l'Encyclopédie, 1775-1800: un best-seller au siècle des Lumières, Éditions du Seuil, , H159, Paris, p.220.
- 17.Darnton, Robert, 2013 (1979), L'Aventure de l'Encyclopédie, 1775-1800: un best-seller au siècle des Lumières, Éditions du Seuil, , H159, Paris, p.222.
- 18.Darnton, Robert, 2013 (1979), L'aventure de l'Encyclopédie, 1775-1800: un best-seller au siècle des Lumières, Éditions du Seuil, , H159, Paris, p.221.
- 19.Darnton, Robert, 2013 (1979), L'Aventure de l'Encyclopédie, 1775-1800: un best-seller au siècle des Lumières, Éditions du Seuil, , H159, Paris, p.213.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 7
- Édition et sédition. L'univers de la littérature clandestine au XVIIIe siècle. Gallimard. 1991. 9782070722129.
- Ouvrage
- Robert Darnton, Un tour de France littéraire, Gallimard, 2018.
- L'Industrie du papier dans les hautes vallées franc-comtoises du au. 1897.
- Histoire de la Société typographique de Neuchâtel, 1769-1798. Impr. centrale. 1949.
- À l'ombre des Lumières : coup d'œil sur la main-d’œuvre de quelques imprimeries du. 1977.
- La Société typographique de Neuchâtel, l’édition neuchâteloise au siècle des Lumières (1769-1789). Bibliothèque publique et universitaire de Neuchâtel. 2002.
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