Introduction: Baroque Orientalism 1. Barthelemy d'Herbelot and the place of Oriental learning 2. 'Toutes les curiosites du monde': the geographic projects of Melchisedech Thevenot 3. The double eclipse: Francois Bernier's geography of knowledge 4. The making of d'Herbelot's Bibliotheque orientale 5. Printing Confucius in Paris Epilogue
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