Abstract: This pamphlet published in 1784 is a satire as well as a profound discussion about the future of the book and culture at a time when certainties were collapsing and it became hard for authors to navigate between a certain classical sclerosis and novelty at all costs.
Keyword: Literary history, criticism, eighteenth century, history of the book, Berlin, Antoine de Rivarol, Denis Diderot, parody, literary genres, reception of literary texts
