Introduction: Baroque orientalism -- Barthélemy d'Herbelot and the place of Oriental learning -- "Toutes les curiosités du monde" : the geographic projects of Melchisédech Thévenot -- The double eclipse : François Bernier's geography of knowledge -- The making of d'Herbelot's Bibliothèque orientale -- Printing Confucius in Paris -- Epilogue
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Bernier, François,1620-1688
Herbelot, Barthélemy d',1625-1695
Thévenot, Melchisédec,1620-1692
Orientalism-- France-- History-- 17th century
Asia, Study and teaching, France, History, 17th century
France, History, Louis XIV, 1643-1715
France, Intellectual life, 17th century
Middle East, Study and teaching, France, History, 17th century