When Voltaire Was "Solid Gold": Robert Darnton on 18th-Century Market Research

The director of the Harvard University Library and historian of the book discussed digital publishing, the 18th-century French book trade, and Google at a lecture co-presented by the libraries and the USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute. In this clip, he shares what he learned about Enlightenment-era market research by reading the letters between two pirate publishers.

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