Hyakkazensho / Original Title: ENCYCLOPEDIE (Bunko Kuse Ju)

[Machine Translation] The "Encyclopedia" consists of 28 volumes of text and illustrations. Many of the more than 70,000 entries are quotations, rearrangements, and summaries from earlier works, making the project a major laboratory for the re-creation of knowledge. This book not only includes information on Diderot and other major figures, but also on the artisans who did not leave their names to posterity, and it also includes a wealth of information on illustrations. This introductory book summarizes the people who threw themselves into the movement, the history of the compilation, the numerous prosecution cases, and the contents of subsequent editions.

本文・図版あわせ全二十八巻におよんだ『百科全書』。七万を超える項目の多くが先行する文献からの引用、改編、要約であり、その事業は知識再創造の一大実験場といえよう。本書は、ディドロをはじめとする主要人物のみならず、図版に関する情報を充実させ、後世に名を残さなかった市井の職人たちにも目を向ける。運動に身を投じた人々、編纂史、数々の告発事件、後続版本の内容をまとめた入門書。