CHM Revolution

Date

1751

Creator

Diderot, Denis; Alembert, Jean Le Rond ?; Mouchon, Pierre

Credit Line

Courtesy of the Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries

Location

Paris

Object ID

500004815

From the Library of Alexandria to the Chinese Books of Song, knowledge repositories depended on cross-referencing. Encyclopedists like Diderot pioneered modern information organization.