SMC228H1 Chapter 3: reading3a notes
6 Jan 2019
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Voltarians complaints about changes made. other books in rigaud"s store: medical books (because of university), protestant works (special space), forbidden books. He supplied all kinds of books worth at least 45000 livres , largest in that place accoring to intendant s. Merged with pons in 1770, provide him with more capitals and assets to ride out the misaps. Cramer , from geneva printed the original, r ordered from n (stn) Lyon at the same time (1772)french govt tax: 60 livres per hundredwewight so turn back to first route if rigaud willing to pay some of the fees but rigaud reject it. 1772 december,tax reduce to 26 livre(b/c govt find out this destroying foreign book trade) reading is always the most difficult process in the circuit. Montpeiller: good place for book trade (textile industry, religious, cultural, education) taste of enlightment literature. Voltaire, rousseau, raynal hard times for rigaud: early 1770s,1780s(whole french economy decline(c. e. labrousse))
