Journal des sçavans

Journal des sçavans  
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The Journal des sçavans (later renamed Journal des savants), established by Denis de Sallo, was the earliest academic journal published in Europe. Its content included obituaries of famous men, church history, and legal reports.[1] The first issue appeared as a twelve-page quarto pamphlet[2] on Monday, 5 January 1665.[3] This was shortly before the first appearance of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, on 6 March 1665.[4] The 18th-century French physician and encyclopédiste Louis-Anne La Virotte (1725–1759) was introduced to the journal through the protection of chancellor Henri François d'Aguesseau.

The journal ceased publication in 1792, during the French Revolution, and, although it very briefly reappeared in 1797 under the updated title Journal des savants, it did not re-commence regular publication until 1816. From then on, the Journal des savants was published under the patronage of the Institut de France. From 1908, it was published under the patronage of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. It continues to be a leading academic journal in the Humanities.

References

  1. ↑ The Amsterdam printing of the Journal des sçavans, Dibner Library of the Smithsonian Institution
  2. ↑ Brown, 1972, p. 368
  3. ↑ Hallam, 1842, p. 406.
  4. ↑ Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Vol.1, Issue 1, is dated March 6, 1665. See also History of the Journal at http://publishing.royalsociety.org/index.cfm?page=1244

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