Nicholas Dew is Assistant Professor of History at McGill University, in Montreal. He is the co-editor, with James Delbourgo, of Science and Empire in the Atlantic World (Routledge, 2008).

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• Introduction: Baroque Orientalism ; 1. Barthelemy d'Herbelot and the place of Oriental learning ; 2. 'Toutes les curiosites du monde': the geographic projects of Melchisedech Thevenot ; 3. The double eclipse: Francois Bernier's geography of knowledge ; 4. The making of d'Herbelot's Bibliotheque orientale ; 5. Printing Confucius in Paris ; Epilogue

Nicholas Dew is Assistant Professor of History at McGill University, in Montreal. He is the co-editor, with James Delbourgo, of Science and Empire in the Atlantic World (Routledge, 2008).

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• Introduction: Baroque Orientalism ; 1. Barthelemy d'Herbelot and the place of Oriental learning ; 2. 'Toutes les curiosites du monde': the geographic projects of Melchisedech Thevenot ; 3. The double eclipse: Francois Bernier's geography of knowledge ; 4. The making of d'Herbelot's Bibliotheque orientale ; 5. Printing Confucius in Paris ; Epilogue