Marc-Antoine Eidous (c.1724 – c.1790) was a French

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and ''

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'' Frank A. Kafker: ''Notices sur les auteurs des dix-sept volumes de « discours » de l'Encyclopédie. Recherches sur Diderot et sur l'Encyclopédie.'' 1989, Volume 7, Numéro 7, p. 139
/ref> born in Marseilles. His translations included works on the subjects of philosophy,

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and

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by English and Scottish authors: * The ''Dictionnaire universel de médecine'' (

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, 1746–1748, 6 folio volumes) with

Denis Diderot Denis Diderot (; ; 5 October 171331 July 1784) was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer, best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the '' Encyclopédie'' along with Jean le Rond d'Alembert. He was a promi ...

, Julien Busson and

François-Vincent Toussaint François-Vincent Toussaint (21 December 1715 - 22 June 1772) was a French writer most famous for ''Les Mœurs'' (The Manners). The book was published in 1748 and banned the same year; it was prosecuted and burned by the French court of justice. ...

from the ''Medicinal Dictionary'' of Robert James * ''Reflexions sur l'Origine des Nations, tirées de leur langage'', (1750); * ''Histoire de la poésie'' (1764), by John Brown * ''Métaphysique de l'âme, ou Théorie des sentiments moraux'' (1764), translating ''

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(1759) by Adam Smith * ''Agriculture complète, ou l'Art d'améliorer les terres'' (1765) from ''The whole art of husbandry, or, the way of managing and improving of land'' (1707) by John Mortimer * The ''Voyages depuis S. Pétersbourg en Russie dans diverses contrées de l'Asie... '' (1766), from ''Travels from St. Petersburg in Russia, to diverse parts of Asia'' (1764) by John Bell * The ''Œuvres philosophiques'' (''Philosophical Works'') of Francis Hutcheson * ''Dissertation historique et politique sur la population de l'ancien tems comparée ace celle du nôtre'' (

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, 1769), from Robert Wallace's ''A Dissertation on the Numbers of Mankind in Ancient and Modern Times'' (1753) Eidous also contributed to the ''

Encyclopédie ''Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers'' (English: ''Encyclopedia, or a Systematic Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts, and Crafts''), better known as ''Encyclopédie'', was a general encyclopedia publis ...

'', including a
entry on heraldry
(''blason'').

References

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