L'Encyclopedia metodica

Clorinda Donato: The Enciclopedia Metódica: The Spanish Translation of the Encyclopédie Méthodique. While several small articles address the history of the Encyclopédie méthodique in Spain, its partial Spanish translation has received short shrift. Though only eleven volumes of text and one volume of plates were produced, the translations themselves and their translators have rarely been queried, not to mention the politics of publishing them between 1788 and 1794. Based upon documentation from the Archivo Histórico Nacional in Madrid, this articles offers insight into the complex maneuvering of figures such as the Condé de Campomanes that served to make publication possible. It appears that both inquisitorial and domestic affairs censoring committees came to a tacit agreement during the reign of Charles III that promised to reduce the censorship procedure to a pro forma operation. However, the death of Charles III and the return of full-blown inquisitorial censorship under Charles IV made the translation project short-lived

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