Le baron dévoilé Comment d’Holbach est devenu l’auteur de ses œuvres

By analysis of the different testimonies concerning the life of the baron d’Holbach and of various biographies and dictionary articles published about him, E. Gourdon seeks to explain the historiographical conditions of the emergence and consolidation of his scandalous reputation, which came into being only after his death and after the progressive discovery of the different works for which he was responsible.