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The Journal des Sçavans (Scholars’ Journal) was Denys de Sallo’s (1626-1669) response to an inquiry made by seventeenth-century scientists, who sought a reliable vehicle for disseminating knowledge of their discoveries to a broader audience. Sallo, a conseilleur du Parlement in Paris, was among Jean-Baptiste Colbert’s group of intimes and other intellectuals who would become the Académie des Sciences. Sallo proposed his weekly journal to Colbert (who founded the Académie in 1666) as a means of disseminating information of interest to the educated public. He received royal privilege to print in 1664.
Dated 5 January 1665, the first issue of the Journal des Sçavanscontained a letter from Sallo, under the nom de plume of one “Sieur de Hédouville” (his footman), in which he set out his list of intentions:
- The aim of this Journalis to make known what is new in the Republic of Letters, which will be made up of,
- Firstly, we propose an exact Catalogue of the principal books that will be printed in Europe, which will not be content with a simple list of titles, as has been done until now by most writers: but will also say what they are about, and to what ends these books are useful.
Full Text By Lisa Pillmore (MA 2006)
