European salons and transnational literary sociability (1720–1789)

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Jan 1, 1717

Mme de Tencin’s Paris salon gains prominence

Mme deParis salon

Jan 1, 1721

Montesquieu publishes Persian Letters anonymously

MontesquieuPersian Letters

Jan 1, 1727

Mme de Geoffrin forms her first salon “society”

Mme deParis salon

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Mme de Tencin’s Paris salon gains prominence

Montesquieu publishes *Persian Letters* anonymously

Mme de Geoffrin forms her first salon “society”

European salons and transnational literary sociability (1720–1789)

Mme de Tencin’s Paris salon gains prominence

Montesquieu publishes *Persian Letters* anonymously

Mme de Geoffrin forms her first salon “society”

Voltaire’s *Letters on the English* appear in French

Mme du Deffand establishes her salon in Paris

Baron d’Holbach’s Paris salon becomes a philosophe hub

First volume of Diderot and d’Alembert’s *Encyclopédie* published

Grimm launches the *Correspondance littéraire* newsletter

Julie de Lespinasse opens an independent salon

Publication of *Encyclopédie* text volumes concludes

First edition of *Encyclopædia Britannica* begins publication

Final plates volumes of the *Encyclopédie* are completed

Grimm withdraws from editing the *Correspondance littéraire*

Jacques and Suzanne Necker extend salon hospitality to Franklin

Montesquieu publishes Persian Letters anonymously

Montesquieu publishes Persian Letters anonymously

Voltaire’s Letters on the English appear in French

First volume of Diderot and d’Alembert’s Encyclopédie published

Grimm launches the Correspondance littéraire newsletter

Publication of Encyclopédie text volumes concludes

First edition of Encyclopædia Britannica begins publication

Final plates volumes of the Encyclopédie are completed

Grimm withdraws from editing the Correspondance littéraire